224 HOODED CROW. Class IL 



kinds of trees : lay fix eggs : have a fhriller note 

 than the common crows, are much more mif- 

 chievous, pick out the eye:; of lambs, and even 

 ' of horfes when engaged in bogs : are therefore in 



many places profcribed, and rewards given for 

 killing them. For want of other food, they will 

 eat cran-berries and other mountain berries. 



Belo?iy Gefner^ and Aldrovand^ agree that this is a 

 bird of pafTage in their refpedlive countries : that 

 it reforts in the breeding feafon to high moun- 

 tains, and defcends into the plains on the ap- 

 proach of winter. It breeds alfo in the fouthern 

 parts of Germany^ on the banks of the Danube *. 

 Descrip. The weight of this fpecies is twenty-two ounces ; 

 the length twenty-two inches ; the breadth twenty- 

 three. The head, under fide of the neck, and 

 wings are black, glofi^ed over with a fine blue : 

 the bread, belly, back, and upper part of the 

 neck, are of a pale afh color : the irides hazel : 

 the legs black, and weaker than thofe of the 

 Rook. The bottom of the toes are very broad 

 and flat, to enable them to walk without finking on 

 marfhy and muddy grounds, where they are con- 

 verfant. 



• Krm* 333. 



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