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CORVUS LEUCOPHiEUS. THE PIED RAVEN. 



WHITE RAVEN. FERROE RAVEN. 



Corvus borealis albus. Briss. Ornith. VI. Suppl. 33. PI. II. Fig. 1. 



Corvus leucophseus. Vieill. Gal. des Ois. I, PI. c. 



Corbeau leucophee. Corvus leucopheeus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. III. 56. 



Bill and feet dusly, claics and tips of mandibles white. Head, 

 throat, breast, abdomen, the greater part of the ivings, some of 

 the lower tail-coverts, and part of the middle tailfeathers, lohite ; 

 hind-neck, hack, scapidars, some of the wing-coverts and secon- 

 daries, tipper tail-coverts, most of the tail-feathers, and some of 

 the elongated feathers on the fore-neck, black. 



In the first volume of this work, at p. 501, it is stated that 

 I saw in Harris a Raven that was patched with white. It 

 frequented for several weeks the Hill of Northtown, did not 

 associate with other birds, and seemed a neglected or persecuted 

 stranger. This bird I had always considered as a pied variety 

 of the common Raven, until the 12th of May 1840, when I 

 was presented by Dr Lawrence Edmondston, of Balta Sound, 

 Shetland, with a specimen of the Pied Raven of Ferroe, when 

 I at once saw that the Hebridian bird was the same. I there- 

 fore introduce it here, being pretty well convinced that the 

 Ferroe Raven is a distinct species. The specimen alluded to 

 may be thus described. 



The form and dimensions are those of the Common Raven, 

 in so far as can be judged from a prepared skin, of which the 

 tips of the primaries are cut, and the tail-feathers partially 

 damaged. The bill, however, is much larger, being not only 

 higher at the base, but more elongated, and in form more atten- 

 uated at the end, so as in this respect to resemble in some de- 

 gree that of the Rook. It is of a greyish-black colour, with 

 the tip of each mandililc and a small portion of the ridge of 



