ClafsII. CORNISH CHOUGH. 



197 



Genus XII. The CHOUGH. 



I. The CORNISH CHOUGH. 



Scurapola. Belon obf. 12. 



La Chouette ou Chouca rouge, 



Belon a'v. 286. 

 Pyrrhocorax graculus faxatilis. 



(Stein-tahen, Stein-frae) Gef- 



ntr a'v. 522, 527. 

 Spelvier, Taccola. Jldr. a'v. i. 



386. 

 Wil. orn. 126. 

 Raii/yn. a'v. 40. 



The Killegrew. Charlton ex. 75. 

 Cornwall Kae. Sib. Scot. 15. 

 Borlafe Corn^w. ZoS). tab. 24. 

 Camden vol. i. 14. 

 Le Coracias. Brijfon a'v. ii. 4» 



tab. I. 

 Corvus graculus. Z/«. yj/?. 158. 

 Monedula pyrrhocorax. Hajfel' 



quiji it in. 238. 



Br. Zool. 83. plate L *. 



THIS fpecies is but thinly fcattered over the 

 northern world : no mention is made of ic by 

 any of the Faunijls ; nor do we find it in other parts 

 of Europe^ except England, and the Alps *. In Afia^ 

 the idand of Candia produces it -f. In Africa., ^gypt i 

 which laft place it vifits towards the end of the in- 

 undations of the Nile J. Except JEgypt it affefts 

 mountanous and rocky fituations j and builds its 

 neft in high cliffs, or ruined towers, and lays four or 

 five eggs white fpotted with a dirty yellow. It feeds 

 on infedts, and alfo on new fown corn : they com- 

 monly fly high, make a fhriller noife than the jackdaw, 

 and may be taught to fpeak. It is a very tender bird, 

 and unable to bear very fevcre weather j is of an ele- 



* Flin. nat. hijl. lib. lo, c. 



•f Belon obf. \ 7 . 



;|: HaJJ'elquiJl it in, 240, 



48. BriJJon ii. 5. 



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