228 
So. RED 
LEGGED. 
RED LEGGED. CtrassIl. 
obferves, that they will kill fmall birds. . Jays are 
very docil, and may be taught to imitate the hu- 
man voice: their native note is very loud and dif- 
agreeable. When they are enticing their fledged 
young to follow them, they emit a noife like the 
mewing of a cat. 
Scurapola. Belon. obf. 12. The Killegrew. Charlton ex. 
La Chouette ou Chouca rouge. 
75- 
Belon av. 286. Cornwall Kae. Si. Scot. 1 RB 
Pyrrhocorax gracculus faxatilis 
(Stein-tahen, Stein-frae). 
Gefner av. 522, 527+ 
Spelvier, Taccola. Al/dr. av. 
T. 386. 
Wil. orn. 126. 
Raii fyn. av. 40. 
Le Crave. Hift. d’ Oys. 
TH. 1. 
Borlafe Cornw. 249. Tab. 24. 
Camden, Vol. I. 14. 
Le Coracias. Brifon av. I. 
4. Tab. 1. 
Corvus gracculus. Lin. f/f. 
158. 
Monedula pyrrhocorax. Ha/- 
JSelquift itin. 238. 
Br. Zool. 83. plate L*. 
Gracula pyrrhocorax. Scopoli, 
No. 46. 
HIS fpecies is but thinly fcattered over the 
f northern world: no mention is made of it 
by any of the Fawni/ts,; nor do we find it in other 
parts of Europe, except England, and the Abs*. 
In Afa, the ifland of Candia produces itt. In 
Africa, Aégypt: which laft place it vifits towards 
the end of the inundations of the Nile t. Except 
* Phin. nat. biff. ib. X. ¢. 48. Briffor, Ul. 5. 
+ Belon obf. 17. . 
1 Hafelquif? itin. 240. 
“Egypt 
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