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CROSSBILL. Loxia Curvirostra. Jenyns, p. 141. Be- 

 wick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 154. An irregular visitant in small 

 companies. It Las been known to alight on a fishing Boat 

 at a few leagues from our Shores. 



* STARLING. Sturnus Vulgaris. Jenyns, p. 143. Be- 

 wick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 119. This Bird visits Cornwall in 

 large flocks, in Autumn and Winter ; but none of them re- 

 main to breed, except perhaps a few, as I have been in- 

 formed, in the Cliffs on the North East of the County. 

 They even depart much earlier than the migratory Birds 

 that go to the North parts of Europe. 



THE CROW KIND. 



* CORNISH CHOUGH. Fregilus Graculus. Jenyns, p. 



144. Bewick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 106. Not abundant, a cir- 

 cumstance chiefly owing to the persecution it suffers from 

 the sportsman, and those who supply Naturalists with Spe- 

 cimens. 



* RAVEN. Corvus Corax. Jenyns, p. 145. Bewick's Br. 

 B.,vol. 1, p. 101. Common. It builds in steep cliffs more 

 frequently than in trees. 



* CROW. C. Corone. Jenyns, 145. Carrion Crow and 

 Town Crow. Common. It is destructive to young poul- 

 try, exhibiting considerable daring in its attacks on them. 

 It also plunders the nests of Gulls and other large Sea 

 Birds, piercing the eggs and carrying them off on its bill. 



* HOODED CROW. C. Comix. Jenyns, p. 146. Be- 

 wick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 103. Scarce and in Winter only. 



* ROOK. C . Frugilegus. Jenyns, p. 146. Bewick's Br. B., 

 vol. 1, p. 105. Common in Rookeries. I have seen two 

 young birds taken from the same nest, one of them much 

 mottled with White, and the other having the White por- 

 tions so regularly arranged, in broad stripes across the 

 wings and on the body, both sides corresponding in the 

 distribution of the markings, that it might have easily passed 

 for some other Species. 



* JACK DAW. C. Monedula. Jenyns, p. 147. Bewick's 



Br. B., vol. 1, p. 107. Chow, Chauf. Common, but variable 

 in its attachment to situation. Beside Church Towers, a 

 favourite resort is in steep and craggy Cliffs. 



* MAGPIE. C. Pica. Jenyns, p. 147. Bewick's Br. B., 

 vol. 1, p. 110. Maggot. Maggotty pie, a name used by 

 Shakspear, and of which Magpie seems an abbreviation. 

 Common. 



* JAY. Garrulus Glandarius. Jenyns, p. 148. Bewick's 

 Br. B., vol. 1, p. 113. Common in woods. 



NUT CRACKER. Nucifraga Caryocatacte.s. Jenyns, p. 140. 

 Bewick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 112. Montagu reports it to have 

 been shot in Cornwall. 



