Birds of Great Britain and Ireland (1907) (14568568590)

Identifier: birdsofgreatbrit02butl (find matches)

Title: Birds of Great Britain and Ireland

Year: 1907 (1900s)

Authors: Butler, Arthur Gardiner, 1844-1925 Grld, H. (Henrik), 1858-1940 Frohawk, Frederick William, 1861-1946

Subjects: Passeriformes -- Great Britain Passeriformes -- Ireland Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Ireland

Publisher: Hull London : Brumby & Clarke

Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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than at the present time, and to havenow quite deserted its inland haunts, being only found on the ocean cliffs. In Ireland the numbers have also decreased. * Howard Sauiideis, however, says—in 1SS7 I found Uiat it had almost disappeared from Lutidj- Island,where it was formerly alnindaiit. owint; in a great measure to the ravages of the Peregrine, which, in defaultof Pigeons, is very partial to Choughs—especially tlie youug. v. ■•

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:3 5O Q-IO TiiK Chough 149 In colouring the Chough is shining black, glossed -with blue and purple; thewings slightly greenish; the bill and feet are orange-vermilion; iris brown. Thefemale is a little smaller than the male. Young birds have the bill and feet dullorange. The haunts of the Chough are chiefl) sea-side cliffs and rugged mountainsides, and Dixon mentions that he observed a colon) in Algeria in a low ridgeof rocks, on the side of one of the barren stony valleys near the snow-cappedsummit of Djebel Mahmel. It is gregarious in its habits and appears to pairfor life. Its flight is somewhat characteristic ; consisting largely, as HowardSaunders says, of a series of curves in the air, alternatel)- rising with a scream,and then suddenl) dropping with almost closed wings; its red bill is distinguish-able at a considerable distance : on the earth it both walks and runs. Seebohm renders the cry of the Chough as Khef-o, klia-o; but HowardSaunders says—The usual cry is a clear meta

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