Il8 THE SPECIES. 



The Dusky Shearwater — Dimensions, Jo ; Eggs, Oj — has strayed here twice from its 

 tropical home. 



The Manx Shearwater— Dimensions, Ma ; Eggs, Po— is the commonest of the fo^r and is 

 here all the year round, generally in single files, gliding close to the surface of the waves and 

 following their curves. The call is " kitty-coo-roo," or the "kitty carew," from which it 

 gets its Cornish, name. The nest is a little grass at the end of a hole or burrow, and it 

 contains a solitary egg. 



The Sooty Shearwater — Dimensions, 01 ; Eggs, Ql— has only of late been recognised as 

 a distinct species, it having been taken to be the young of the Great Shearwater. It is a 

 South Atlantic species, only occasionally straggling into our latitudes. 



The Great Shearwater — Dimensions, Pa ; Eggs, Re — has been occasionally noticed here in 

 the Autumn. There is a good deal of doubt as to its nesting places, and the eggs usually 

 ascribed to it are said to really belong to another species. U "shears the water " as it 

 alights and dives. In flight it keeps its wings bent and glides along without much flapping, 

 rolling from side to side and just skimming the waves. 



Pyrrhocorax. Plate ix. CORVINE (Passeridse). 



123. alpinus, 15 in. ALPINE CHOUGH. Plumage black ; bill yellow, 



short, and straight ; legs yellow. 



122. graculuSy 16 in. Chough. Plumage black ; bill orange, long, and 

 curved ; legs orange. 



An Alpine Chough— Dimensions, Ml ; Eggs, Jr — was once shot near Banbury, having 

 probably escaped from confinement. This is the only record. 



The Chough — Dimensions, Ni^ Eggs, Kh — is rare, but resident, and is only found on a 

 rocky coast. In flight it yaws like a Jackdaw, and is very laboured and irregular in its 

 progress. Its call is '* cling," or the " chough-chough,'* from which it is named, or a peculiar 



khew, khew." The female is smaller than the male. The nest is a hole in the rock. It 

 is built of sticks and lined with grass roots, and a good deal of wool and hair. It contains 

 from three to six eggs. 



Pyrrhula. Plate viii. FRINGILLINM (Passeridas). 



103. erytkrina, 5^ in. Scarlet Grosbeak. Crown red ; rump red ; 



breast rose pink ; legs reddish brown ; bill yellowish. 

 102. europxa^ 6 in. Bullfinch. Crown black ; rump white ; breast 

 brick red ; legs dark brown ; bill black. 



104. enttcieaior, 8^ in. PiNE GROSBEAK. Crown red ; rump red ; breast 



vermilion ; legs blackish brown ; bill dark brown. 



The Scarlet Grosbeak— Dimensions, Ci j Eggs, Dc — has been found twice in this country, 

 once in i86g and once in 1870. 



The Bullfinch — Dimensions, Di ; Eggs, Db— is a resident. His wings are longer than his 

 tail, and his nostrils are hidden by the plumelets. He has a jerky dipping flight ; and his 

 native song is not a loud one although he is taught to pipe. His call is do you? do you ? '* 

 with the accent on the "you." The female is brown where the male is red. The nest is a 

 flat one of slender twigs with a cup of rootlets and perhaps wool or feathers. It contains 

 from four to six eggs. 



The Pine Grosbeak— Dimensions, Ha ; Eggs, Fq— visits us so rarely that his visits are 

 doubted. 



Querquedula. Plate xxi. ANATIDM, 



239. crecca, 14 in. Teal. Wing bar black, purple, and green, with 



white at one edge ; tail of 16 feathers. 



240. discofs, 14 in. American Blue-winged Teal. White crescent 



in front of eye. 

 341. circia, 15 in. Garganey. Wing bar green, with white at both 



edges ; tail of 14 feathers. 



The Teal — Dimensions, Ln ; Eggs, Lf— is our smallest duck. His numbers are much 

 augmented in the winter by migrants. His flight is lighter than that of most ducks, and 

 when in company his column of march is angular. His cry is a sharp croak or ** knake." 

 The female has only a trace of purple in the wing bar, and her upper feathers are edged 

 with grey. The nest is generally in a swamp, and is made of dead rushes and reeds, lined 

 with feathers and brown down, which is small and has no white tips. There are from 8 to 

 12 eggs. 



