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loofe texture: quills brownilh black : tail eight inches long, and
black : legs and claws alfo black.
Inhabits the Friendly IJles, in the South Seas.
4- C- A3R*RION CROW.
Corvtts corone, Lin. Sj/Jl. i. p. 15;. N° 3.—Muller, p. 11.—Scop. Ann. i.
p. 35. N° 36.—Georg. Buff. N° 2.
La Corneille, Brif. orn. ii. p. 12. N° z .— Buf. oif iii. p. 45. pi. 3.—PI,
enl. 48 3.
Carrion Crow, Bait Syn. p. 39. A. 2.—Will, orn. 122. pi. 18.—
Albin. vol. ii. pi. 21.—Br. Zool. i. N° 75. pi. 34.—Amer. Z00L
N°
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.
D e s c r ip t io n # t j p H E Crow is like the Raven, both in form and manners,
but is much lefs in flze: the length is eighteen inches 5
breadth twenty-fix inches j and weighs a pound and a quarter.
The general colour is a fine violet black, but not near fo glofify
as that of the Raven. It makes the neft on tall trees, chiefly in
woods; and lays five or fix eggs, much like thofe of a Raven. Thefe
birds are moft frequently feen in pairs, and are faid to remain fo
through life. Like the Raven, are fondeft of carrion and animal
food, making-great havock of young game of all kinds; and, will
pick out the eyes of young defeBcelefs lambs.
The female differsfrom the male in being lefs brilliant.. The
Carrion Crow is met with in many parts of the world, though not
near fo far fpread as the Raven. It is faid to be very fparingly
met with throughout the northern parts of Europe : in Prujfia *
not ufual; and in Sweden f only feen once; in England, France, and
Germany, are pretty common. We hear of it at Madeira J. Not
• Klein, Ord. Av. p . 58*. f Faun, Suec. p . 29.. % ForJl.Voy. P- 2S'
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in Canada * in winter; but common in Louifiana, where they, are
eaten, according to fome f . Not unlikely to be the Maldivian Crow,
mentioned by F. Fyrand. Dumpier mentions their being at New
Holland and New Guinea and, according to our late voyagers,
at New Caledonia || likewife.
. With us, both this bird and the Raven remain the whole year.
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La Corneille variée, Brif. o n . ii. p. 15. N° 2. A,
Bunte Kraehe, Scheckige Kraehe, Frifch. t. 66.
Corvus varius, Brun. o n . lor. p. 8. N° 8.
' f H E cheeks, fore part of the neck, middle of the belly, rump,
and quills, are white i the reft black, as in the former. In
Brumich’s bird, the head, bill, legs, coverts of the noftrils, fore
part of the neck, belly, and quills from the firft to the leventeenth,
were white ; all the other parts black.
Both of thefe birds are faid to come from the ifland of Ferme §,
where fuch birds are faid to keep feparate from the other common
Crows of the ifland. j
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* At lead at Quebec. “ Even the Crow does not venture to expofe itfelf in
winter, but takes its flight in autumn.” Kalm. Tran,. iii. zo6.
t “ They are better to eat than thofe of Europe, as they eat no carrion. * IE.
p. 111. But again he fays, that they are like the Cronus of Sweden; if fo, I
fear they will prove to be Rooks, which are as common there as the Crons, is rare.
Id. vol. i. p. 121.
I Tom. iv. p. 138.—Tom. v. p. 81.
fl Former’s Voy. vol. ii. p. 402.
§ M. Salome mentions one brought from Ferroe, whofe feathers were black,
white, and grey brown, mixed. O n . p. pi. io.
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