JACKDAW. 



CORVUS MONEDULA, Linn. 



Corvus monedula^ Linn. S. N. i. p. 156 (1766) ; Naum. ii. 

 p. 93 ; Macff. i. p. 552 ; Hewitson, i. p. 232; Yarr. ed. 4, 

 ii. p. 305; Dresser, iv. p. 523. 



Choucas gris, Frencli ; Dohlen-Rabe, German ; Grajo, 

 Grajo chico, Spanish. 



The Jackdaw is resident, and so abundant and easily 

 observed, in almost all parts of the United Kingdom, 

 that I feel that any description of its well-known habits 

 would be superfluous in a work of which the main 

 object is to present the most life-like figures obtain- 

 able. 



