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CORVUS CORONE. THE CARRION CROW. 



CROW, GOR CROW. BLACK CROW. BLACK-NEB. CORBV CROW. 

 IIODDV. BRAN. 



Fig. 84. 



Corvus Corone. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 155, 



Corvus Corone. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 151. 



Carrion Crow. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Corneille noir. Corvus Corone. Temni. Man. d'Orn. L 108. 



Carrion Crow. Corvus Corone. Selb. Illustr. I. 349. 



Corvus Corone. Carrion Crow. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 145. 



Of the adult male and female^ the plumage hlach^ highly glossed, 

 toith purple reflections ahote^ and green beneath^ the tail slightly 

 rounded^ straight ; the feathers of the throat shorty ptato-lanceo- 

 late^ compact. Of the young the colours similar^ hut with less 

 lustre. 



Male. — The Carrion Crow is so intimately allied to the 

 Raven, that, without considering its inferior size, and some 

 differences in the forms of the feathers, one might be apt to 

 confound the two species. Its proportions are almost the same 

 as those of the raven, the body being ovate, rather full and 

 compact ; the neck short and strong ; the head large, oblong, 



