C.ORVUS 419 



CORVUS, Linn., 1766. 



598. DAURIAN JACKDAW. 



CORVUS DAUURICUS 



Corvus dauuncus, Pall. Eeise, &c. iii. Anhang, p. 694 (1776) ; id. Zoogr 

 E. As. i. p. 387, tab. xv. ; (Ternm. and Schlegel), Faun. Jap. Aves 

 p. 80, pi. 41 ; (David and Oust.), Ois. Chine, p. 370 ; (Sharpe), Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 28 ; (Tacz.), F. O. Sib. 0. p. 521. 



Peggoja-Galka, Russ. ; Alaktu, Burat. ; Tontro, Tungus, 

 ICokumaro-garasu, Jap. 



<J ad. (E. Siberia). Nape, hind-neck, sides of the neck, lower throat 

 and abdomen white ; rest of the plumage deep black, glossed with purple 

 and green ; the ear-coverts streaked with greyish white ; bill and legs 

 black ; iris brownish grey. Culmen 1'2, wing 9'2, tail 51, tarsus 1'7 inch. 

 The female is rather duller in colour, and the young have the black por- 

 tions of the plumage much duller, and have the white portions tinged with 

 dull grey. 



Hob. Siberia, from Irkutsk and the Altai east to the Pacific ; 

 Northern China, Corea, Mongolia, Manchuria, and Japan. 



In habits it does not differ from the European Jackdaw. It 

 nests in the rocks, in hollow trees, and even in the forks of the 

 branches, and its eggs resemble those of C. monedula. 



599. JACKDAW. 

 CORVUS MONEDULA. 



Corvus monedula, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 156 (1766) ; Naum. ii. p. 93, 

 Taf. 56, fig. 1 ; Hewitson, i. p. 232, pi. Ix. fig. 2 ; Gould, B. of E. 

 iii. p. 133 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iii. pi. 61 ; Newton, ii. p. 305 ; 

 Dresser, iv. p. 523, pi. 261 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 26 ; 

 Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 22 ; Saunders, p. 239 ; Lilford, ii. 

 p. 54, pi. 23 ; C. collaris, Druminond, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 xviii. p. 11 (1846) ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 27. 



Choucas gris, French ; Cuneta, Portug. ; Graja, Span. ; Taccola, 

 Ital. ; Dohle, Germ. ; Kerkkaauw, Dutch ; Kaa, Dan. ; Kajc, 

 Norw. ; Kaja, Swed. ; Nacika, Finn. ; Galka, Russ. 



( ad. (Sweden). General colour deep black, the wings and tail glossed 

 with purple ; back and rump slightly tinged with greyish ; under parts 



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