CARRION-CROW.
CORVUS CORONE, Linn.
Corvus corone, Linn. S. N. i. p. 155 (1776); Naum. ii. p. 54;
Macff. i. p. 516; Hewitson, i. p. 222; Yarr. ed. 4, ii.
p. 274; Dresser, iv. p. 531.
Corneille noire, French; Krahen-Rabe, German ; Graja,
Grajo, Grajillo, Spanish.
Professor A. Newton, in the 4th edition of Yarrell’s
*, British Birds/ has given such cogent reasons for considering
this Crow as specifically inseparable from the
Grey Crow (Corvus cornix'), that I will not say more
than that my principal reason for not wholly accepting
his conclusion is the difference of note between the two
birds. I may at once state, as a well-known fact, that
in districts in which both forms are resident they interbreed
freely.
The Black Carrion-Crow is only too well known in
most parts of England and the lowlands of Scotland as
a thorough “ detrimental,” and I know of nothing to be
recorded in defence of this common malefactor.
Corvus corone, Linn.
