. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . ip, andof a bright red colour; the iris of the eye is com-pofed of two circles, the outer one red, the innerlight blue; the eye-lids are red; the plumage isaltogether of a purplifh violet black; the legs areas red as the bill; the claws are large, much hook-ed, and black, BufTon defcribes this bird * as of an elegant fi-gure, lively, relllefs and turbulent, but it may be 78 BRITISH BIRDS. tamed to a certain degree. It builds on highcliffs by the fea fide, and chiefly frequents thecoafts of Devonfhire and Cornwall, and like wifemany pa
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . ip, andof a bright red colour; the iris of the eye is com-pofed of two circles, the outer one red, the innerlight blue; the eye-lids are red; the plumage isaltogether of a purplifh violet black; the legs areas red as the bill; the claws are large, much hook-ed, and black, BufTon defcribes this bird * as of an elegant fi-gure, lively, relllefs and turbulent, but it may be 78 BRITISH BIRDS. tamed to a certain degree. It builds on highcliffs by the fea fide, and chiefly frequents thecoafts of Devonfhire and Cornwall, and like wifemany parts of Wales ; a few are found on theDover cliffs, and fome in Scotland. The femalelays four or five white eggs, fpotted with is a voracious, bold, and greedy bird, and feedson infects and berries : It is faid to be particularlyfond of the juniper berry. Its manners are likethofe of a Jackdaw: It is attracted byglittering ob-je6ls. Buffon fays that it has been known to pullfrom the fire lighted pieces of wood, to the nofmall danger of the BRITISH BIRDS. 19
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