THE CHOUGH 63 



A few words in conclusion on the notes of the chough. Its usual 

 cry is a clear ringing K'chare ! Other notes have been syllabled 

 K'chouf ! and K'quoue ! The nestling's call for food is Rare ! Kwaar ! 

 or Jaar ! The bird, when excited, utters a Kwuk-uk-uk-uk ! Like 

 other Corvidae, it has a kind of song, a chattering warble, not unlike 

 that of the starling. 1 At what seasons it sings is not recorded. 



1 Zoologist, 1900, p. 498 (O. V. Aplin) ; Field, 1907, June, p. 870 (J. WalpoleBond on " Choughs 

 in Captivity"); Naumann, op. tit., iv. 51. 



