CORVIDvE. 



JNSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTXES 



CORV1DM. 



THE CHOUGH. 



RED-LEGGED CROW. 



Fregllus graculus. 



Corvus graculus, Red-legged Crou; 



Pyrrhocorax 



Fregilus, 



Tlu>. Chough, 

 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, pt. vi. 



Pyrrhocoraoc Pyrrhocorax coracias, 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, that of the hind toe 

 much the largest. 



