But of the chough in captivity or as a domesticated bird we know little now, as no records have been preserved.
Undoubtedly the chough comes nearest to the daw mentally, and as it is a far more beautiful bird--the poor daw having little of that quality--it would probably have been our prime favourite among the crows but for its rarity.
The voice of the Chough resembles that of the jackdaw, except that it exceeds it in hoarseness and strength.
Not many years since, the Chough was far from uncommon in several parts of the coast of Devon and Cornwall.
Continental authors state that the bird which we call the Chough or Red-legged Crow frequents the highest mountain regions and the confines of perpetual snow, and that hence it is sometimes known by the name of 'Jackdaw of the Alps'.
As amply and unnecessarily As this Gonzalo; I myself could make A chough of as deep chat.
The old song of "The Chough and Crow" will probably be remembered as long as the English language lasts.
The chough is easily tamed, and a prettier sight than three or four of these birds, with their bright red legs and bills, strutting about on a well-mown lawn, can scarcely be conceived.
The Chough is a gregarious bird, and many of its habits resemble those of the Jackdaw or the Starling.
The Chough appears to be a sedentary species in all parts of its distribution.
The Choughbreeds in colonies, which resort to lofty ocean cliffs, especially such where caves and fissures are plentiful.
The Outlaw's Song THE chough and crow to roost are gone, The owl sits on the tree, The hush'd wind wails with feeble moan, Like infant charity.
The parties in The Chough and Stump kitchen now ceased the regular sort of discussion which had hitherto been supported, and talked in couples.
Once knowing that, thoroughly, we can further learn from the swallow what a wing is; from the chough what a beak is; and from the falcon what a claw is.
The Choughis mentioned in Professor Ansted's list, but marked as only occurring in Guernsey and Sark.
Antonio as saying: "There be that can rule Naples As well as he that sleeps; lords that can prate As amply and unnecessarily As this Gonzalo; I myself could make A chough of as deep chat.
The choughor jackdaw was one of the birds considered ominous by our forefathers, an allusion to which occurs in "Macbeth" (iii.
The Chough has ousted it--or at any rate taken its place in Kerry and Donegal, and other wild parts of the Irish coast, though it is numerous in other districts.
That this species is intolerant in nature is shown by the fact that he would hardly ever nest in the same neighbourhood as the Choughwhen this bird was more plentiful than it is now.
If he were walking on Truro Green, or through the streets, the chough would fly to him instantly at his whistle, though it had been associating with other birds or perched on a house-top.
Mr. Lemon had a favourite tame Cornish chough that would always obey his call.
It will be bad for Chough if he is at all airish or scholastic, or individual in his opinions, for between a senior pastor's wife and his young assistant there is an hereditary distrust; conceit has no show at all in a young itinerant.
The wife runs Brother Chough over immediately, who looks very red and awkward, and she gives her estimate of him in an undertone.
Every year King Arthur visits his own tomb in the form of a chough, and some people hope that one chough will be allowed to live in the land just so long as the old King likes to revisit his own grave and attend to its weeding.
A chough skimmed across the water, and the Bookworm said this was a strange coincidence--we were talking about King Arthur, and the very bird which legend said his soul inhabited came upon the scene.
The Cornish chough was common enough in those days, and the old witch took no notice of the black bird with red beak hopping about the garden, its head on one side, and one eye on Olwen the fair.
Then the King called all the Court together, and in their presence knighted the chough; and from that day the chough family have had red beaks and legs.
An odour of sulphur may have been the consequence; but as even birds may reform, the chough cut its old acquaintance, and was selected as the future habitation for the spirit of King Arthur.
It is not so easy to see a chough now outside of a "collection.
The chough is of very aristocratic appearance, and, in consequence, all poor and ragamuffin and envious relations of the crow tribe are doing their best to get rid of him by any means.
Those who held that the poet knew what he was writing about, scored one; but the discussion cost the chough dear, so many people finding it necessary to shoot every chough they saw.
Now the chough is protected by Act of Parliament," said Guy.
The old chough had a friend at Court, a dwarf, who played the fool, and skipped about like a withered leaf, and learnt a good deal more than people wot of.
No, the story is only concerned with showing how and why a black chough got a red beak and legs, and transmitted the distinction to the whole family of choughs.
This chough Merlin gave the King as a wedding present.
Another bird generally considered to be peculiar to Switzerland is the Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax alpinus), but its range extends across Asia Minor to the Himalayas.
Whether the European Chough should not form a distinct genus is a matter of opinion.
The Jackdaw, or Caddow, is common enough, but the Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) is quite unknown in Norfolk.
Among the many monedulas or Jackdawes I could neuer in these parts obserue the pyrrhocorax or cornish chough with red leggs & bill to bee co[=m]only seen in Cornwall.
It can only be distinguished from the raven in heraldic representations by the fact that the Cornish chough is always depicted and frequently blazoned as "beaked and legged gules," as it is found in its natural state.
The chough was sent by Providence:--Agreed: 112 We send thechough to Providence, in turn!
The poor Chough manifested great pleasure at being again in the barrack kitchen, and followed the fortunes of the regiment until his master's death, when we lost sight of the yellow-billed yellow-legged Cornish Chough.
The White-winged Chough has no close relative in the world; possibly, the Chough that nests in the cliffs of Cornwall is nearest to it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chough" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
