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and purple: the legs and bill are of a bright orange, 
inclining to red: the tongue almoft as long as the 
bill, and a little cloven : the claws large, hooked, 
and black. Scopoi fays that in Carniola the feet of 
fome, during autumn, turn black. 
Chouca, Chouchette, ou Chou- Corvus monedula. Liz. b fy ft. 
ette. Belon av. 286. 156. 
Gracculus, feu monedula. Ge/- Kaja. Faun. Suec. fp. 89. 
ner av. 521. Danifh Alike. Norv. Bone 
fldr. av. 1. 387. Kaye, Raun Kaate, Ra- 
Wil. orn. 125. age. oBrayiga: 
Raii fyn. av. 40. Tagerl, Dohle, Tfchockerl. 
Le Choucas. Brifon av. 24. Kram. 334. 
Scopoli, No. 38. Graue-Dohle. Fri/c4, 1. 67. 
Mulacchia nera. Zizan. 70. Br. Zool. 78. 
Hift. d? Oys. Ul. 69. 
HE jack-daw weichs nine ounces: the length 
thirteen inches: the breadth twenty-eight. 
‘ The head is large in proportion to its body; 
which Mr. Willughdy fays argues him to be ingeni- 
ous andcrafty. The irides are white: the forehead 
is black: the hind part of the head a. fine light 
corey : the breaft and belly of dufky hue, inclining 
to afh-color: the reft of the plumage is black, 
flightly gloffed with blue: the feet and bill black: 
the claws very ftrong, and hooked. It is a docil 
loquacious bird. 
Jack-daws breed in fteeples, old caftles, and in 
high 
