2l8 



RAVE N. 



Class IL 



IV. CROW. Strait ftrong BILL: NOSTRILS covered with 

 bridles refledled down. Outmoft TOE clofely 

 connedled to the middle toe as far as the firft 

 joint. 



74. Rav£N. Le Corbeau. Belon av. 279. 

 Corvus. Ge/ner a'v. 334. 

 Corvo, Corbo. Aldr. a'v. I. 



343- 

 Wil. orn. 121. 

 Rail fyn. a'v. 39. 

 Le Corbeau. Brijfon av. II. 8. 



Velch oru. Scopoli, No. 35. 

 Corvus corax. Lin.fyjl. 155. 

 Korp. Faun. Suec. 85. 

 Danijh Raun. Now. Korp. 



Br. 27. 

 Rab. Kram. 333. Frifchy I. 



63- 



Br. Zool. 75. HiJ}. d'Oys. 



m. 13. 



CRIP. 



THIS fpecies weighs three pounds : its length 

 is two feet two inches : its breadth four feet: 

 the bill is ftrong and thick ; and the upper mandi- 

 ble convex. The color of the whole bird is black, 

 finely glolled with a rich blue; the belly excepted, 

 which is dufky. 



Ravens build in trees, and lay five or fix eggs 

 of a pale green color marked with final] brownifli 

 fpots. They frequent in numbers the neighbor- 

 hood of great towns ; and are held in the fame 

 fort of veneration as the vultures are in E^ypt *, 



* HaJJclquiJl it 171. 23. 



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