ALPINE CHOUGH. 



OMNIVOE^. 



Family COBVIDJE. 



Genus Pyrrhocorax. fCtcvier.J 



Gefieric Character's. — Beak middle sized, compressed, rather slender, slightly 

 curved above, and very slightly hollowed out at the point; nostrils basal, 

 lateral, ovoid, and concealed by stiff feathers. Feet strong and thick like 

 those of the crows; tarsi longer than the middle toe; toes four, almost 

 entirely separated; claws strong and hooked. Wings long and pointed, the 

 fourth and fifth quills longest. Tail rounded. 



ALPINE CHOUGH. 



Pyrrhocorax 2iyt"t'hocoraz. 



Pyj'rhocorax pyrrhocorax, 

 " alpinus. 



Corvus pyrrhocorax, 



Corvo cokallino, 

 Choucas des Alps, 

 Gemeine alpenkrdke, 



Vieillot; i8i6. 

 Temminck; Man., 1820. 



SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. 



CuviER ; Reg. An., 1829. 

 Vieillot ; Diet, et Faun. France, 



p. 125, 1817. 

 Lesson; Orn., 1831. 

 Ch. Bonaparte. 

 Keyserling et Blasius. 

 LiNN^us ; S. N., 1766. 

 Gmelin ; Syst., 1788. 

 Latham; Ind., 1790. 

 Meyer et Wolff, 1810. 

 Temminck; Man., 18 15. 

 Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli, 1767, 

 Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Beak shorter than the head, rather slender, and yellow. 

 First quill feather short, the second longer than the seventh, the fourth the 

 longest of all. Plumage black. Feet red or black. Length sixteen inches. 



