yo CARRION CROW. 



CORVUS CORONE— Carrion Crow. 



Heigho ! the Carrion Crow. 



Old Ballad. 



The Carrion Crow is a sexton bold, 

 He raketh the dead from out of the mould. 

 Caw ! Caw ! the Carrion Crow. 



AiNSWORTH. 



The preditious Crow ! 



QUARLES. 



The toil more grateful as the task more low ; 

 So carrion is the quarry of the Crow. 



Mallet— F€?'6a^ Criticism. 



The Black, or Carrion Crow, is one of the most heinous of 

 feathered offenders. Nothing comes amiss to him. He Hves almost 

 exclusively on animal matter, from the grubs of insects, to the 

 carcass of a quadruped. He thrives on the refuse of the land and 

 the water ; dead, or drowned animals, fish, and offal of every kind. 

 He will even attack living animals when young, or weak ; young 

 lambs, leverets, rabbits, moles, rats, mice, ducklings, chickens, or 

 game of any kind. He is remarkably fond of eggs, and will 

 deliberately beat the moors and fields for the eggs of grouse, 

 partridges, or pheasants. The Crow thus makes for himself enemies 

 on all sides, and yet so great is his sagacity, that in wild and 

 wooded districts he is able to defy them all. Traps are nearly 

 useless, but poisoned eggs and poisoned meat are very fatal to him. 



The Crow is very common throughout Herefordshire, and 



very abundant in the wilder portions of the county. They 



frequently nest within a mile of the city, escaping often no doubt 



from their resemblance to Rooks. One noticeable point about 



the habits of the Crow is, that he is seldom seen alone. He seems 



to be so, as he sits on the bare bough of an oak peering round on 



all sides ; but his faithful partner is not far off ; and erelong she 



appears. Buffon says the Carrion Crows divide the country into 



districts of about a quarter of a league, and that each pair maintains 



its own rights and does not allow another pair to build within its 



territory. 



The Crows perched on the murrain'd cattle. 



Shelley. 



