JACKDAW. 



DAW. KAE. 



Corvus monedula, LINX^EUS. GMKLIX. 



Corvus A Crow. Monedula A Jackdaw, (perhaps from 



moneo To warn ; as a bird of augury.) 



THE Jackdaw is found in Europe, Asia, and the north of 

 Africa ; occurring in Germany, Denmark, France, Russia, Italy, 

 the islands of the Mediterranean, Holland, Belgium, Siberia, 

 Iceland, Asia Minor, and Asiatic Russia and Japan. 



It inhabits England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; but 

 'doctors disagree' about its being found in the Orkneys, 

 Hebrides, and Shetland Islands, and I am unable to give a 

 true verdict on the question. 



The Jackdaw is a gay, pert, bold, sprightly, and active 

 bird. It is very easily tamed, and soon learns to imitate 

 the sounds of the human voice, and exhibit other amusing 

 results of its education. It naturally becomes attached to 

 the person who feeds it; but the thievery of its race attaches 

 too strongly to it to prevent it from pilfering his goods, 

 whether glittering objects, or cherries and other fruits. Meyer 

 says "We knew a Jackdaw that used to enter a bed-room 

 window, and strip a pincushion of pins, scattering them about 

 the table, to the no small perplexity of the owner, until the 

 perpetrator was discovered.' One of these birds, which we 

 once kept in a walled garden, used invariably, in the most 

 cunning manner, to go down the walk on one side, so as 

 always to keep the 'weather-gauge' of any suspected pursuer 

 on the other. 



Jackdaws frequent whatever places may be convenient to 



