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Corvus monedula, Lin* Syjl. p. 15.6. N° 6*— Scop, anti* h p. 3;6, N® 38V
Muller, p. 12,
Le Choucas, Bri/. orn. ii. p^ 24. N° 6.—•i?«/’. «(/I. iii. p. 69,—P/. *«/. 523,-
Dohle, Grave Dohle, Kram. el. p. 334*—Ffi/ch, pi. 67.
Jackdaw, ifo« Sj»». p. 40. A. $.-—Will. orn. p. 125. pi. \^,'—Albin,. i,
pl, 14.—Br . Zoo!, i. N° 81.. pi. 34.
B r . Mu/. Lew. Mu/.-
/T 'H E Jackdaw is about the fize of a final! Pigeon, though
"*■ not fb thick in the bodyt the length is full thirteen inches-
The bill an inch and a quarter long,, and blackthe hides are
white: the forehead and crown of the head, fides, round the eyes,
and the chin, are of a gloffy black: the hind head and back part
of the neck' of an elegant cinereous grey,, which paffes on each
fide to the breaft, where it is much darker : the reft: of the
plumage is of a gloffy black, though inclining to dulky beneath :
the legs are black.
Thefe birds are pretty common in England, where they remain
the whole year : they fcarce ever build the neft in trees, but are inclined
to make ufe of rocks, old towers, and ruined edifices, which
are put of the reach of plundering hoys; and are known, to build in
the interftices between the upright pillars of Stonehenge, in Wilt~
Jtire *. They lay five or fix eggs, which are paler, fmaller, and
have fewer fpots on them^ than thofe of Crows. Thefe are frequently
and eafily brought up tame ■, are accuftomed to hide that
part of their food which they cannot eat, and often, with it, fmall
valuables, occafioning fufpicions of theft, for the prefent, in forne
* Pennant alio obferves, that they make ufe of rabbet-holes in {bme parts of
Hampjhire. See Br . Zool, i. p. 231,
5 perfons,
perfons, which have afterwards proved unjuft; this I have known
to happen more than once,
I do not find that this fpecies is fb widely ipread as many others
of the genus. Befides our own ifland, we hear of it in Denmark,
France, Auftria, and many other parts of Germany, where it
is more or lefs migratory. It is fubjed to much variety in
plumage.
t De Choucas a Collier, Br!/» orn. ii. p. 27, A.
Helvetian Daw, Charlt. E x . p. 75. N° 7.—Onom. p. 68. N ° y.— Aldrow.
aw. tom. i. fig. in p. 774.—John/, aw. t. 16. (called Graculus.)
^TPHIS differs merely in having a collar of white round the
neck, and is found in Switzerland,
Le Choucas blanc, Bri/. orn. ii. p, 27. B.
Monedula Candida, Schwund, an. Si/, p. 305.—Rxac. Ana. Hiß. Pit, p. 396.
variety is wholly white, with a yellowifli bilk
Le Choucas noir, Brif. am. ii. p. 28, N° y.— Buf. aif. iü. p. 69__
PI. enl. 522.
Schwartze dohle, Fri/ch. t. 68.
Choughli,b .C ihiai.r lt. ex. (A onrn. p. 67. N° 3__SibbaU Seel, illaß. p. 2. p. i£. v
y p H I S differs from the common Jackdaw, merely in wanting
the greyilh tinge about the head, in being fmaller, and
having many fpots of white about the eyes, which have bhieilh
3 C 2 irides.
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