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ptirple: the bill is rather long in proportion, more 

 slender than in most of the Crow tribe, consider- 

 ably curved, and of a bright orange^red colour: 

 the legs are of similar colour, with black claws. 

 This species is, in general, confined to the Southern 

 parts of our own island, though it also occasionally 

 occurs in some parts of Scotland and the Hebrides, 

 it is observed principally to frequent the rocky 

 coasts of those parts of the island in which it breeds, 

 building its nest, according to Mr. Pennant, in 

 high cliffs, ruined towers, &c. and laying four or 

 five eggs of a white colour with dull yellow spots. 

 It feeds oia insects, worms, &c. as well as on various 

 kinds of grain and berries. According to Scopoli, 

 it is particularly fond of locusts and grasshoppers, 

 and is observed to feed much on juniper-berries. 

 Its general manners fesemble those of the Jack- 

 daw, being of a noiSy and restless disposition. Its 

 chief European residences are observed to be Eng- 

 ^ land, some of the Alpine regions, and the Dutchy 

 of Carniola in Austria, where it is said sometimes 

 to vary in having black legs; a particularity per- 

 haps chiefly observed in the younger birds. In 

 many parts of Asia and Africa it appears to be 

 a bird of frequent occurrence. 



