BIRDS OF EUROPE, 



NOT OBSERVED IN THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Order II.— OMXIVOR.E. 



Family CORVIDJE. (Bonaparte. J 



Genus — CoRvus. f Linnceus.J 



Generic Characters. — Beak straight to its base, thick, compressed laterally, 

 bent towards the tip, edges cutting. Nostrils basal, open, hidden by hairs, 

 and directed forwards. Three toes before and one behind, nearly completely 

 divided. Tarsi longer than the middle toe. Wings acuminated ; first quill 

 feather least in length, second and third shorter than the fourth, which is 

 the longest. 



BLACK JACKDAW. 



Corvus monedula-nigra. 



Cgrvus monedula-nigra, Frisch. Vorst: Der Vogel Deuts., 



1739-63. 

 " " LiNN^us. Gmelin. Brisson; Ornith., 



V. ii, p. 28, 1760. 

 " Schlegel; Revue, 1844. 



Spermolegus, Vieillot; Diet., 1817. 



" Temminck; Man,, 1815. 



" Keyserling et Blasius. 



" ScHiNZ. Degland. 



specific Characters. — First quill feather longer than the ninth; second 

 shorter than the fifth; third and fourth equal. Length twelve inches six 

 lines. — Temminck. 



It has been doubted by some modern ornithologists whether this 

 bird is really distinct from, or only, as considered by Latham, a variety 



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