WESTERN BIRDS Crows— Ravens 



GENUS CORVUS: CROWS AND 

 RAVENS. 



Western Grow: Corvus brachyrhynchus hesperis. 



Western Raven: Corvus Corax sinuatus. 



SUBFAMILY— CARVINiE: CROWS. 



In this genus we have the Crows and Ravens, birds 

 so entirely different from any others considered and so 

 well known by every one, that they will not be individu- 

 ally considered. They are all large black birds that 

 walk, and the sexes are alike. The Ravens are from 

 twenty-one to twenty-six inches long, and the Crows 

 slightly smaller and less clumsy. 



Grinnell says that the Western Raven is common 

 resident locally throughout the State, on the most arid 

 deserts and in the northern humid coast belt as well as 

 in the interlying area. Now scarce or absent in the 

 most thickly settled counties. Notably numerous on and 

 around the islands of the Santa Barbara group. 



The Western Crow is a common resident of the interior 

 valleys west of the Sierran divide, and of the seacoast 

 and adjacent valleys from Monterey County northward, 

 including the San Francisco Bay region. Fairly common 

 locally in the lowlands of the San Diegan district, south 

 to Campo, breeding. Both Ravens and Crows are found 

 farther up the western coast and as far north as Alaska. 



They are by no means song birds, the Raven possessing 

 a harsh croak and the Crow a caw that is about as 

 pleasing. They are among the most omnivorous of birds, 



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