Society for the Protection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
No. 14.—CHOUGH. 
Bye cL ARN LE-BROWN, RIS. By B.Z.S. rc. 
CHOUGH. 
I. Name—_CHOUG H. 
Family.—Corvide. 
Genus.—Pyrrhocorax. P. graculus (L). 
II. General Description. 
Entire plumage jet black, glossed on the body with steely blue, and on the wings and 
tail with greenish blue; iris, brown; beak and legs, coral or vermilion red; claws, horny 
black. Total length about 164 in.; wing, 102 in.; tail, 53 in. 
IlI. Where, when, and in what numbers found. 
The Chough is found throughout the Palearctic region, as far north in Europe as the 
British Isles, but is of somewhat local distribution. In Britain it is less frequent than 
formerly, and the causes of the reduction in its numbers are difficult to explain. It is not 
rare in the Channel Islands, still survives along the south coast of England, but in limited 
Illustration, by kind permission of Messrs. Gurney & Jackson, from ‘‘ Manual of British Birds,” by 
Mr. Howard Saunders. 
