CARRION CROW. 



CORVUS CORONE. 



Family Passerid^. Sub-family Corvine. Genus Corvus. 



Crow — Corbie Crow — Black Crow — Gore Crow— Flesh Crow- 

 Black Neb— Jim Crow. 



The Crow, owing to the strenuous persecution which 

 it has undergone at the hands of farmers and game- 

 keepers, is not nearly so common now as it used to 

 be, yet it is still fairly numerous in most districts of 

 the British Isles, though scarce in the extreme north. 

 It is a resident bird, though its numbers are in- 

 creased in the autumn by others which migrate. 

 Crows are commonly seen in pairs throughout the 

 year, and it is believed that they pair for life. 



The note of the Crow is a harsh croak, somewhere 



