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CORVID.E. 



INSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



CORVIDjF^. 



THE CHOUGH. 



RED-LEGGED CROW, 



Corvus graculus, Red-legged Crow, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 294. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, The Chough, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 96. 



Pyrrhncorax ,, ,, Cornisli Chough, Flem. Brit. An. p. 89. 



Fregilus ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 365. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Jenvns, Man. Brit. Vert, p. 144. 



,, ,, The Chough, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



Pyrrhocorax ,, Pyrr/iocoiY/a corac/as, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p, 122. 



Fregilus. Generic Characters. — Beak longer than the head, strong, arched, 

 and pointed. Nostrils basal, oval, hidden by small closely-set feathers. 

 Wings long, but rounded in form ; first quill-feather short, the fourth or fifth the 

 longest in the wing. Tail square, or but slightly rounded. Feet strong ; toes 

 four, three in front, one behind, tarsus longer than the middle toe, the outer 

 toe united at its base to the middle one ; claws strong, and very much curved, 

 lluit of the hind toe much the largest. 



