Its weight 

 and meafures, 



1*6 O^S^CirHOLOgr. Boo k a. 



f. VI. 



The Cornijh Chough, Coracias feu Pyrrhocorax. 



THe Female weighed twelve ounces and an half, the Male thirteen., The length 

 from the point of the Bill to the end of the Feet fixteen inches and an half, to 

 the end of the Tail feventeen. The Wings fpread were thirty three inches and' an 

 half wide. 

 fJom , thf lffers lt is Iike a l^kdaw, but bigger, and almoft equal to a Crow. It differs chiefly from 

 Jackdw. the Jackdaw in the Bill, which is longer, red, fharp, a little bowed or crooked ; The 

 ItS No!lhriis upper Mandible bein g Something longer than the lower. The Nofthrils round : The 

 Tongue, ' Tongue broad, thin, and a little cloven, fhorter than the Bill. The fides of the fif- 

 Paiate. fares of the Palate and Windpipe and of the root of the Tongue are rough, and as 

 The Feet. it were hairy. Feathers reflected downwards cover the Nofthrils. The Feet and 



the e fe C a thers. 0f Le £ s are like thofe of a J^W**, but red of colour. The Plumage of the whole body 



all over is black. 



The prime The number of prime feathers in each Wing istwenty : Of which the firft is fhor- 



theS?' fca " ter than the ftcond 5 that than the third, the third than the fourth, which is the ioh- 



Th t i geft ° f a11, being by meafure te " inches and an half. The Wings complicated extend 



e *"• as far as the end of the Tail. The Tail-feathers are in number twelve, all equal, or 



if any difference be, the middle a little the longer, as in the reft of this kind, being' by 



meafure 5 \ inches. 



The Entrails. The Liver was divided into two Lobes, of which the left was the lefs .• The Spleen 



long, fof t, and round : The Stomach flefhy, and full of Infecls. 

 its place. It frequents Rocks, old Caftles, and Churches by the Sea-fide.^ It is found not only 



mComwal, butalfo in Wales and all along the Weftern Coaft of England, about the 

 Cliffs and Rocks near the Sea. Its Voice is like that of the common Jackdaw, but 

 morehoarfe. 

 mdcZcL Aldrovandm will needs have the Pyrrhocorax to be a different bird from theO*- 

 the^ame. tt>, following therein Arijlotle. Bellomvs makes thefe names Synonyma of the fame 

 bird 5 we muft needs confefs, that if there be fuch a bird as Aldrovandm defcribes 

 v. g. lefs than a Crow, equal to a Jackdaw having yellow Bill and Feet, it is diftindl: 

 from our Chough. But I amfure the Bird frequent on our Weftern Shores, and com- 

 monly known by the name of theComi/h Chough, is that which Bellonius and Turner 

 make to be the Pyrrhocorax, and hath red Legs and Feet. Wherefore I take the Co- 

 r-acias and Pyrrhocorax of Gejner and Aldrovandm 'to be one and the fame bird, not- 

 withftanding the Bill and Legs in this arefaid to be yellow 3 which perchance may be 

 fo in the Coracias or Chough when young. 



§. VII. 



Bontius his Indian Raven. 



THere is a ftrangekind of" Raven in the Molucca Iflands, and efpecially in Banda, 

 which refemblesour Country Raven in the Bill 5 but in the Temples is colou- 

 * Birds of the red like thofe * Meleagrides which the Low Dutch call Kalcoutfe hanen. It hath a great 

 Turkey kind, thick Bill, a little pointed, and made for Rapine 5 wide Nofthrils 5 great, black, ill- 

 favoured Eyes : The Head and Neck long, decently covered or adorned with blackifh 

 feathers. Its Feet and Toes ftrong, armed with long, crooked, and very hard or 

 folid Claws. It walks after the manner of our Raven : But differs from it in nature 

 and difpofition} in that it feeds not upon Carrion or dead Carkaffes, but chiefly upon 

 Nutmegs, of which it is very greedy, making great deftruction of that fruit, to the 

 no fmall detriment of the Owners. Its flefh is very delicate, and being roafted hath 

 a plain aromatical rellifh, contracted from its food. 



5. VIII. 



