BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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The Hooded Crow (Corviis comix, Linnaeus) breeds locally 

 in the British Islands, but is a regular winter visitant to 

 them. It is also found in Central and South-Eastern 

 Europe, as well as North-East Africa and Western Asia. 

 The adult has the head, throat, wings, and tail, iridescent 

 black ; remainder of plumage, ashy-grey ; the feathers on 

 the breast have a few dark streaks ; bill, legs, and feet, 

 black; irides, brown. Length, from seventeen to nineteen 

 inches. The young have the head dull black, and lack 

 the gloss of the mature bird ; grey portions of plumage, 

 duller ; hind neck, dusky. This species sometimes inter- 

 breeds with the carrion crow in Scotland. 



