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 ItfSESSORES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



CORVIDJi. 



CORVID^E. 



THE CHOUGH. 



RED-LEGGED CROW. 



Fregilus graculus. 



Corvus graculus, Red-legged Crow, 



Pyrrhocorax 

 Fregilus 



Pyrrhocorax 



The Chough, 



The Cornish Chough, 



The Chough, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 294. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 96. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 89. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol.i. p. 365. 

 JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 144. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Pyrrhocorax coratias, TEMM. Man. d'Ornitb. 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. 



