356 INSESSORES. CORVUS. Jackdaw. 



JACKDAW. 



CoRvvs MONEDULA, Linn. 

 PLATE XXXI. Fig. 1. 



Corvus monedula, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 156. 6 Fau. Suec. No. 89 Gmel. 



Syst. 1. p. .376. sp. 6 Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 154. sp. 11 Briss. 2. 



p. 24. 6 — Rail Syn. p. 40. t. 5 Will. p. 85. t. 19. 



Le Choucas, Buff. Ois. v. 3. p. 69 Id. PI. Enl. 523. 



Choucas, Temm. Man d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 111. 



Die Dohle oder Turm-Rabe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 2. p. 1213. — Frisch, 



Vog. t. 67. and 68 — Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 99. 

 Jackdaw, Br. Zool. 1. No. 81. t. 34 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 251 White's Hist. 



Selb. p. 59. and 60 — Lath. Syn. 1. p. 378. 9 Id. Supp. p. 78 — LewirCs 



Br. Birds, 1. t. 37 Will. (Ang.) p. 125. t. 19 Mont. Ornith. Diet 



Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 5. — Beivick^s Br. Birds, 1. 73 Low's Fau. Oread. 



p. 48. sp. 3 Shaw's Zool. 7. p. 350. 



Provincial — Daw, Jack. 



This well-known species is an inhabitant of all the culti- 

 vated districts of England and Scotland. The belfries of 

 churches, old towers, and large deserted buildings, are its fa- 

 vourite abodes. These are its usual breeding places, but 

 where such situations do not occur, it has recourse to the 

 holes of decayed tress, or to the ledges of rocks, and has been 



Nest, &c. known even to build in a rabbit burrow*. — The nest is com_ 

 posed of sticks, and lined with wool and other soft materials. 

 The eggs, which vary from four to seven, are of a pale green- 

 ish-blue, spotted with blackish-brown, rather confluent at the 



Food. larger end. — The Jackdaw is an omnivorous bird, feeding 

 upon worms, insects, grain, fruit, eggs of various birds, and 

 carrion. It is gregarious, often associating in considerable 

 numbers with Rooks during the autumn and winter. It can 

 be easily domesticated, soon becomes remarkably familiar, and 

 may be taught to articulate various words distinctly. It is, 

 however, at the same time very mischievous, and, like the 

 raven, has its peculiar hiding-places, where it not only de- 



• See Pennant's British Zoology. 



