19S CORNISH CHOUGH. Clafs II. 



gant, flender make, aflive, reftlefs, and thieving ; 

 much taken with glitter, and fo meddling as not. to be 

 trufted where things of confequence lie. It is very apt 

 to catch up bits of lighted flicks ; fo that there are 

 jnftanc-es of houfes being fet on fire by its means ; 

 which is the reafon that Camden calls it incendiaria 

 ^vis. Several of the JVelJh and Cornijh families bear 

 this bird in their coat of arms. It is found in Corn- 

 wall, Flintjhire, Caernarvonjhire, and Anglefea^ in the 

 cliffs and caftles along the fhores. 

 Defer. Its weight is thirteen ounces ; thq. breadth thirty- 

 three inches : the length fixteen : its color is wholly 

 black, beautifully glolTed over with blue 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. 



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