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PASSEBES. 



corvidj:. 



CORVIDJi. 



COKVUS COKONE, LillKfEUS*. 



THE BLACK CEOW. 



Corvus corone. 



Evidence accumulated during many years, through the 

 observation of ornithologists of many countries and of 

 many schools, seems at last to compel the conclusion that 

 no specific distinction can he maintained between the birds 

 long known scientifically as Corvus corone and Corvus 

 comix, and in English as the Black or Carrion- Crow and 

 the Grey, Hooded or Royston Crow. True it is that each 

 for the most part may be readily recognized from the other 

 by its different coloration, that each has a different range 

 and, to some extent, slightly different habits ; but when we 



' Sysl Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 155 (17G6). 



