. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . es before and one behind; tarsus longer thanthe middle toe ; wings acuminated; fourth quill feather the longest. AVES— 485 laying up a store of nuts and acorns, and inhabiting the pine forests likethat bird. It is of the size of a magpie, and the general color of its plumageis a rusty brown, marked with triangular white spots. They are vervplenty in Germany, and are rarely seen in England. THE RED-LEGGED CROW, OR CORNISH CHOUGH, Is like a jackdaw
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . es before and one behind; tarsus longer thanthe middle toe ; wings acuminated; fourth quill feather the longest. AVES— 485 laying up a store of nuts and acorns, and inhabiting the pine forests likethat bird. It is of the size of a magpie, and the general color of its plumageis a rusty brown, marked with triangular white spots. They are vervplenty in Germany, and are rarely seen in England. THE RED-LEGGED CROW, OR CORNISH CHOUGH, Is like a jackdaw, but larger, and almost the size of a crow. The feet andlegs are long, like those of a jackdaw, but of a red color; and the plumageis of a purplish black all over. It frequents rocks, old castles, and churches,by the seaside, like the daw, and with the same noisy assiduity. It isonly seen along the western coasts of England. It is attracted by glitteringobjects, and has been known to take lighted pieces of wood from the tearing holes in the straw with its long bill, it does much injury tothatched houses. THE The garrulous roller, so called from its chattering noise, is the onlyspecies with which the inhabitants of Europe are acquainted. It is of thesize of a jay, and is exceedingly beautiful. The head, neck, and breast areof a light bluish green ; the upper part of the body of a reddish brown ; thetail is forked, and of a light blue; the legs are remarkably short. It is abird of passage, common in Germany, but it seldom visits England. 1 Pyrrhocorax graculus, Temm. The genus Pyrrhocorax has the bill of medium size,slender, compressed, bent, slightly notched or smooth; nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid,entirely concealed; legs strong; tarsus longer than the middle toe; toes almost whollyseparated ; claws strong and bent; cuneated ; the fourth and fifth feathers longest. 2 Coracias garrula, Lin . The genus Coracias has the bill compressed, higher thanbroad, stra
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