CHOUUH. 215 



black, and much hooked. The entire plumage is black, 

 glossed on the upper parts with purple : the iris is brown. 



The eggs of this species are of a dull white in the ground 

 colour, mottled with ash-grey and light brown : they are 

 rather long in form, and measure about one inch eight lines 

 in length, and little more than one inch in diameter. 



The egg figured 130, is that of the Chough. 



