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G o v s XII. GROW.
N° I , Raven.
Var. A. Pied R.
Var. B. White R.
2. South-Sea R.
3. Carrion Crow.
Var. A. Variegated Cr.
Var. B. White Cr..
4. Rook.
5. Hooded Cr.,
6. White-breafted Civ
7. New Caledonian Cr,
8. Chattering Cr.
9. Jackdaw.
Var. A. Collared J,
Var. B. White J.
Var, C. Black J.
10. Hottentot Cr.
U . Alpine Cr.
12. Philippine Cr,.
13. New Guinea Cr».
14. Papuan Cr.
1,5, Bare-necked Cr.
N° 16. Bald Cr.
17. Pacific Cr»
18. Tropic Cr.
19- Jay-
Var. A. White Jayv
ao. Blue Jay.
21. Steller’s Cr.
22. Cayenne Jay.
23. Cinereous Cr.
24. Red-billed Jay.
25. Chinefe Jay.
26. Siberian Jay.
27. Peruvian Jay.
28. Yellow-bellied Jay.
29. Magpie.
Var. A. White D°.
30. Blue Crow.
31. Senegal Cr.
32. Caribbean Cr.
33. African Cr.
34. Mexican Cr»,
35. Surinam Cr.
N° 36, Lefler.-
N* 36. Lefler Mexican Cr.
37. Short-tailed Cr.
Var. A.
Var. B.
Var. C.
N* 38. Nutcracker.
39. Red-legged Cr.
40. Cayenne red-billed Cr.
41. Hermit Cr.
TH E bill in this genus is ftrong, the upper mandible a little
convex, the edges are cultrated, and in molt of the ipecies
is a fmall notch near the tip.
Noftrils covered with briftles, reflefted over them.
Tongue divided at the end.
Toes, three forward, one backward; the middle one joined to
the outer as far as the firft joint.
Different fpecies found in every climate. In general clamorous :
promifcuous feeders : build for the molt part in trees : lay about
fix eggs. Several fpecies inhabit England, whofe nature is well
known, and may ferve to give an idea of the manners of the reft.
Corvus corax, Lin. SjJi. i. p. 155. N° 2.— Faun. Green!. p. 62. Na 3«.—
Muller, p. 11.
—... maxim us, Scqp. Ann. i. p. 34. N° 45.
Le Corbeau, Bri/. orn. ii. p. 8.—Buf. oif. iii-. p„ 13. pi. 2.—Pl.enl. 495.
Rabe, Frijtb. t. 63.—Kram. elen. p. 333.
Raven, Rail Syn. p. 39. A. 1 .— Will. t>rn. p. 121. pi. 18.—Albin. ii.
pi. 20.—Br. Zool. i. p. 218. N° 74.—Amer. Zoof. N°
Br. Mu/. Lev. Muf.
n p r n s is the largeft of the genus, weighing three pounds, and
is in length above two feet, in breadth four. The bill
is ftrong and thick, nearly two inches and three quarters in
8 length.