BRITISH BIRDS* 
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THE JACK-DAW. 
(Corvus Monedula, Lin. — Le Choucas> Buff.) 
This bird is confiderably lefs than the Rook, 
being only thirteen inches in length : Its bill is 
black ; eyes white ; the hind part of the head and 
neck are of a hoary grey colour ; the reft of the 
plumage is of a fine gloffy black above, beneath it 
has a dulky hue ; the legs are black. 
The Daw is very common in England, and re- 
mains with us the whole year : In other coun- 
tries, as in France and various parts of Germany* 
it is migratory. They frequent churches, old 
towers, and ruins, in great flocks, where they build 
their nefts : The female lays five or fix eggs, paler 
than thofe of the Crow, and fmaller ; they rarely 
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