. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . heir general appearance, and in theirparticular characters, they agree so closely that one couldhardly think of separating them, they have by Cuvier beenreferred to two different genera, merely because Pyrrhocoraxhas a shorter bill than Graculus, wdth a slight notch, whichis obsolete in the other. These birds resemble the crowds intheir aspect
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . heir general appearance, and in theirparticular characters, they agree so closely that one couldhardly think of separating them, they have by Cuvier beenreferred to two different genera, merely because Pyrrhocoraxhas a shorter bill than Graculus, wdth a slight notch, whichis obsolete in the other. These birds resemble the crowds intheir aspect and habits, w^hile they have also a direct affinityto the genera Epimachus, Paradisea, Caryocatactes, Stum us,Oriolus, and several others. They nestle in rocks and towers ;are shy and vigilant; when searching for food betake them-selves to open pastures, walk in the same manner as crows,and have a similar flight. Considering it very inexpedient to alter the specific names ofbirds, I prefer the generic name Fregilus to Pyrrhocorax, thusleaving the latter to designate Corvus Pyrrhocorax of Linnaeus. 587 FREGILUS GRACULUS. THE LONG-BILLEDCHOUGH. CHOUGH. CORNISH CHOUGH. CORNISH DAW. CORNWALL KAE. CHAUK-DAWKILLIGREW. RED-LEGGED CROW. MARKET-JEW Fjg. 93. Coivus Graculus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 158. Corvus Graculus. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 165. Red-legged Crow. Mont. Orn. Diet. Pyrrhocorax Coracias. Pyrrhocorax Graculus. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 122. III. Chough. Fregilus Graculus. Selb. Illustr. I. Graculus. Cornish Chough. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 144. Of the adult male and female^ the plumage hlack^ highly glossed^with purplish-blue and green tints ; the feathers of the headand neck blended^ the tail even ; the wings about the same length ;the bill longer than the head, attenuated, and, with the feet, ver-milion. Male.—The Chough when seen at a distance bears a greatresemblance to the Rook, which it excels, however, in eleganceof form ; but at hand is readily disting
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