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A PKACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



3. C'orvus corone corone L. 

 The Carrion-Crow. 



4. Corvus frugilegus frugilegus L. 

 The Rook. 



Genus COLCEUS Kaup 



5. Colosus monedula spermologus (Vieill. 



The Jackdaw. 



Genus PICA Brisson 



6. Pica pica pica (L.) 



The Magpie. 



STATUS PAGS 



Resident, breeds (not n. Scot- 

 land, Ireland) : probably also 

 winter-visitor 



Resident, breeds : some prob- 

 ably emigrate : also winter- 

 visitor .... 



Resident, breeds : some prob- 

 ably emigrate : also winter- 

 visitor 



Resident, breeds : some evi- 

 dence migration . , 



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Genus NUCIFRAGA Brisson 



7. Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes (L.) 

 The Thick-billed Nutcracker. 



Rare vagrant, England 



8. Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchus Br. Vagrant, G-. Britain 

 The Slender-billed Nutcracker. 



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Genus GARRULUS Brisson 

 9. Garrulus glandarius glandarius (L.) 

 The Continental Jay. 



10. Garrulus glandarius rufiiergum Hart, 



The British Jay. 



11. Garrulus glandarius hibernicus With. & Hart. Resident, breeds Ireland 



The Irish Jay. 



Occasional winter-visitor, chiefly 

 e. England .... 



Resident, breeds G. Britain 



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Genus PYRRHOCORAX Tunstall 

 12. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (L.) Resident, breeds locally w. 



The Chough. 



G. Britain and Ireland 



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Family STURNID^E 

 Genus ST URN US Linnaeus 



13. Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris L. 

 The Starling. 



13a. Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus Hart.* 5 

 The Shetland Starling. 



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Resident, breeds : also winter- 

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Resident, breeds Shetlands . *vi 



Genus PASTOR Temminck 



14. Pastor roseus (L.) 



The Rose-coloured Starling. 



Vagrant 



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Family ORIOLIDJ3 

 Genus ORIOLUS Linnaeus 

 15. Oriolus oriolus oriolus (L.) 

 The Golden Oriole. 



Spring-visitor, England, "Wales : 

 has nested England : vagrazit, 

 Scotland, Ireland . 



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