Clafs II. J A C K - D A W. ff^ 



feven of thefe appendages, the female only five * ; that 

 they live in the woods, and feed on juniper and oriier 

 berries -f-. This bird is alfo found \r\N{)rth America \ 

 thofe figured by Mr. Catejl>y^ and again by Mr. Ed- 

 wards J, feem only to be varieties of our kind. 



VIII. The J A C K - D A V/. 



Chouca, Chouchette, oa Chou- Mulacchia nera. Zlnan. 70. 



etre. Belon a^v. 286. Corvus monedula. Lin fyji, 156. 



Gracculus, feu monedula. Geftier Kaja. Faun. Suec.fp. 89. 



a-v. 5 z I . Dauijh Alike. Nor-v . Kaae , Kaye, 



Jldr. a'v.i. 3S7. Raun Kaate, Raage. Br. 31, 



Wit. orn. 125. Tagcrl,Dohle,Tichockeil.iirr^A«. 



Raii Jyn. U'v. ^O. 334. 



Le Choucas, BriJJhn av. 24. Br. ZqoI. 780 



'HT^HE jack-daw weighs nine ounces: the length Defer. 



"■" thirteen inches : the breadth twenty-eight. The 

 head is large in proportion to its body j which Mr. 

 Willoughhy Tays argues him to be ingenious and crafty. 

 The irides are white : the forehead is black .: the hind 

 part of the head afh colored ; the breaft and belly of 

 the fame color, but more obfcure : the reft of the 

 plumage is black, flightly glofled with blue : the feet 

 and bill black. It is a docil loquacious bird. 



Jack-daws breed in fteeples, old cailles, and in 

 high rocks ; laying five or fix eggs : are gregarious 

 birds ; and feed on infefbs. grain, and feeds jj. 



* Brunnich Ornith. Boreal. 



+ Kramer Blench. An. Aujlrla. 



J Cat. Carol, i. 46. Bdiv, za.2. 



\\ The caryocatac\es, IFil. om. 132. E.irv. tab. 340. a bird of 



this genus, was Ihot near Mojlyn, FlintJJnre^ in Oclolir, 1753; 



fuppofed tu have ftragg,led from Germany, where tbry arc common, 



N4 and 



