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The common or carrion Crow. Cornix.
' Numb. XXI.
IT S Weight was one Pound five Ounces; Length ftom the Tip of the Bill to the
End of the Tail was nineteen Inches;, its Breadth, when the Wings were extended,
three Foot four Inches; the Bill ftrong, thick, ftreight; from the Tip to the
Angles o f the Mouth, two Inches and almoft an half long; the lower Mandible being
fomewhat Ihorter5 the Tongue cleft, and as it were jagged or torn; the Eyes
large having the Iridcs j of a hazel Colour; the Noftrils round, covered with black
Briftles ;reflefiled • towards the End o f the Bi l l ; the Plumage of the whole Body is
black;;the beam..Feathers ;in each Wing are in Number twenty; whereof the firft is
fhorter than the.fecond, the fecond than the third, that than the fourth, which is
the lo.ngeft ;of all,. being by Meafure ten Inches and three quarters; the inner of
thefe Feathers, end.in (harp Points.
The Tail-was (even Inches and a half long, compofed of twelve Feathers o f equal
Length; the Legs and Feet.black ; the Claws black and ftrong; the outmoft fore Toe
is joined to the middle one, from the bottom as far as the firft Joint.
The Liver is divided into two Lobes, o f which the right is the biggeft: It hath
a large;Gall, - which empties it.(elf-by a double Channel into the Guts; the Muf-
cles o f the Stomach are but fmall; the Guts have many Revolutions; the blind
Gut no .more'than half an Inch long.,
This Bird-delights, to feed, upon Carrion,- that is the Carcafies o f dead Animals
when they begin to putrify, neither doth it feed only upon Carrion, butalfofet upon,
kill, and .devour living Birds, in like manner as the Raven; it alfo eats Grain and
all forts o i lnk&s 'm England at leaft, for beyond Seas, they fay, it meddles with
no Kind o f Grain. .
They build on high Ttees, and lay four or five Eggs at a Time, They are noi-
fome to Lambs new yeaned if they be weak and feeble, firft picking out their Eyes;
they are faid to have a very fagacious Scent, which makes them difficult to be fhot,
they-fmelling the Gunpowder at a great Diftance.,
The Liver and Heart o f the Crow" is a moft excellent remedy for the Falling
Sicknels, being dryed and given in Powder to the Quantity of a Scruple, with black
cherry Water, fweetned with Syrup o f Pionies, at the-Full and New Moon, three
Days before and three Days after; I was credibly informed by the Lady Trevor,
o f the Cure o f a Gentlewoman in my Lord’s Family, which had the falling Sickneis
fome Years,- and was cured with this Remedy.
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