. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . he Raven, the Magpie and the Jackdaw, and thesame care must be taken in his case not to leave anyglittering objects of small size anywhere, where he wouldbe likely to see them, and be tempted to bear them off. The colour of the plumage is black, with steel-bluereflections on the head and neck, and green on the tailand wings. The young have little of this metallic gloss,and the female is less conspicuous in this respect thanher mate. A full-grown Chough weighs fourteen or fiftee
. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . he Raven, the Magpie and the Jackdaw, and thesame care must be taken in his case not to leave anyglittering objects of small size anywhere, where he wouldbe likely to see them, and be tempted to bear them off. The colour of the plumage is black, with steel-bluereflections on the head and neck, and green on the tailand wings. The young have little of this metallic gloss,and the female is less conspicuous in this respect thanher mate. A full-grown Chough weighs fourteen or fifteen ounces. THE CIRL BUNTING. See under Buntings. THE CITRIL FINCH. See Finch (Serin). 2 8 BRITISH BIRDS THE COAL or COLE TIT. See Tit (Great). THE COOT. A rather large bird, measuring i foot 6 inches in lengthand weighing from i^ pounds to 2 pounds. The generalcolour is black, the bill and a bare patch above it yellowish-white ; the secondaries have white tips which make a whiteline across the middle of the wing. The sexes are alikein colour but the female is rather smaller than the male. ,^/7 >^7^ / f^ ^. Tin: Coot. The eggs vary a good deal in appearance, some beingdull yellow, others pale brown with a greenish tinge, andyet others stone colour with brown spots; they are six orseven in number, but occasionally as many as fourteenhave been found in one nest. When such is the case, FOR CAGES AND AVIARIES. 29 no doubt they were the produce of two hens nestingtogether. The Coot feeds on grass when other food is scarce, butits usual diet consists of small fish, aquatic insects andvarious kinds of water plants. They swim and dive wellalthough the feet are only semi-palmated, or webbed. THE CORMORANT. Somewhat smaller than the Gannet and of a jet blackcolour with metallic reflections on the breast; the backand wings have a brownish shade and the neck is grey;a patch of white indicates the insertion of the thighs; thebill is yellowish greenish-grey and there is a bare spacerou
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