A J L P I .N I E t H O I K & l .
Pyrrho cor a x Pyrrhocorax.
IhwmJivn'fJtktun&m'Sbnu'ljrJ'JbZ.GOKM. Mtitul/iy CJBdbnmUi'.
.„wi GenuV\f|¥R|WQ0 O iU X :
G u n . C h a r . B e a k sh o rte r th an 0e . lfiftajd|; soniewfea1
s lig h t n o tch a t th e -p o in t. ; Vsa!.. j -in tt-tvd, an d <:on
.forwards. 7arsi and' '.toes ai **.*« & .1$ - Tfaifa s tro n g »
fo u rth an d fifth qtiilMeathe.f^- !
rds the tip, with a>
arie blurs directed
Wrings long* the HI °8 g H -
^ ffikpcQrag,
m u *.
Iif. ail larg<
forms,; whi
nummissii
, like i t of the to meet with various
(Lent from «fa* amalgamating with none of the principal or more
■' d»e . • t .Wtd, | | | apjiearing like Knits o f a chain cuimecting t%
* ■ : • * * . ¡cannotevery instaoce trace ;* due succession
»o vards even opposite points. - th e Nutcracker, for
example, which belongs to the family of I V;,.". fo-ti:«; V-. h> it» form, habits, and manners, an approximation
to the Picifltf! too strong to be overlook^ H r*r W i% : the Ked-legged Chough is by many
regarded as tending towards the »win la (.resent bird claims an affinity with some of the
Mcruliria. In the instances we have here addocwk, wfif.\%iyobserve that each example is the type and sole
■known representative of their respective genera with JfajiYieeption of the Nutcracker,v the genus to which it
The w;w^ii
pC^jK** »«I
tifai Alpine Chough -inhaNifA fcffc. the feigii rude and pfeipitoiis elevations •of
I flwiffag the hètV» t :j -/idun- descends far below the line of
M i l i | p | its’ ifa^iX’essiWfa heights to th e 'kw e r ’
•SHbfe;. Ajif
grains. .«jwrte, *«■»««, _ g j , H it Is
its
Its nest is usually -m. : . } toc.- i.-, lififa ,r .
buildings among the Alpine luri£S^. fiw ^ n ^ S I ^ ^ ^ M l w g ^ b lo t cM
When the plumage o f this hisrd,m >wft » tmUbrahljjj^
ithe under sides of* the hitter being black ; hndea dark 1irovi‘r>
Both sexes are.alike. In the young <#* the year die Mitri. 1 \ - ijfa afc j>
the under maudibki being yellow ; and the tarai ara «.vii. %$**:'$, | », % ,v N 'w u n S
and the tarsi pass be shades of brown to red, their con.«,«- w v \ •» t*>- tW me.
We have figured an »hiait <