Chough. INSESSORES. FREGILUS. 365 



the sea-coast, and of alpine rocks in the interior of the coun- 

 tries to which they belong. They feed chiefly on insects and 

 larvae, sought for in holes and crevices, are of a bold and 

 inquisitive disposition, but at the same time very wary of 

 danger, seldom admitting of a near approach. 



CORNISH CHOUGH. 



Fregilus graculus, Cuv. 

 PLATE XXXIII. 



Pyrrhocorax graculus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 122. 



Corvus graculus, Linn. Svst. 1. p. 158. 18 — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 337 — Lath. 

 Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 165. 41. 



Corvus docilis, Gmel. Syst. 3. p. 385. t. 39. 



Coracias, seu Pyrrhocorax, Raii Syn. p. 40. A. 6. — Will. p. 86. t. 19 — 

 Briss. 2. p. 3. t. 1. 



Corvus ereniita, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 377 Lalh. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 166. 42. 



Le Coracias, ou Le Coracias Huppe ou sonneur, Buff. Ois. v. 3. p. 1. and 9. 

 t. 1 — Jd. PI. En I. 255. 



Stein-Krahe, Bechsl. Naturg. Deut. v. 2. p. 1238 Id. Tasschenb. Deut. 



p. 91 Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. \0\.—Id. Vog. Deut. t. Heft. 



Hermit Crow, Lath. Syn. 2. p. 403. 41 — Gesner's Wood Crow, p. 396. 



Cornish Chough, Albin. 2. t. 24 — Wilt. (Ang.) p. 126. t. \[i.— Hayes Br. 

 Birds, t. 6. 



Red-legged Crow, Br. Zool. 1. No. 80. t. 35 Lewin's Br. Birds, 1. t. 41 



Lath. Syn. 1. p. 401 Mont. Ornith. Diet — Id. Suppl Pult. Cat. Dor- 

 set, p. 6 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 80 — Shaw's Zool. 7- p- 378. 



Provincial — Cornish Daw, Cornwall Kae, Killigrew, Chauk-Daw, 

 ]\Iarket-Jew Crow. 



The Chough is far from being a numerous species in this 

 country, and is confined to particular districts. It is found 

 on the rocky coasts of Cornwall and Devonshire in England, 

 and in Flintshire, Denbighshire, and the Isle of Anglesea in 

 Wales ; and abovmds in the Isle of Man. In Scotland, it 

 inhabits the precipices of some of the Hebrides, and the 

 western shores of the mainland.* On the Continent, it is 

 numerous in the Swiss Alps, and in the Tyrol, frequenting 



* It is also met with in the neighbourhood of Berwick-on-Tweed, upon 

 the high and rocky coast about St Abb's Head, and Coldingham. 



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