| AW IV.i.19 | [First Lord to all, of what they must speak] chough's language |
| KL IV.vi.13 | [disguised Edgar to Gloucester] The crows and choughs that wing the midway air |
| Mac III.iv.124 | [Macbeth to Lady Macbeth] Augurs and understood relations have / By ... choughs, and rooks brought forth / The secret'st man of blood |
| MND III.ii.21 | [Puck to Oberon] russet-pated choughs, many in sort |
| Tem II.i.271 | [Antonio to Sebastian, of Gonzalo's talking] I myself could make / A chough of as deep chat [i.e. train a jackdaw to be as profound] |
| TNK I.i.20 | [Boy singing] The ... chough hoar ... / May [not] on our bridehouse perch or sing |