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CROW. 
CARRION CROW. GOR CROW. GORE CROW. 
BLACK NEB. FLESH CROW. 
Corvus corone, _ Pennant. Montagu. 
Corvus—A Crow. (Latin.) Corone—A Crow. (Greek.) 
TuE Carrion Crow is a small edition of the Raven. The 
Italian proverb tells us that, ‘chi di gallina nasce convien che 
rozole, ‘as the old Cock crows, so crows the young;’ and thus 
do we find it to be with these two birds; the one, as it 
were, a derivative of the other; the major comprehending the 
minor. ? 
The Carrion Crow occurs throughout Europe, in Germany, 
France, Spain, Greece, Prussia, Austria, Hungary, and Italy, 
in Denmark, Norway, and, but rarely, in Sweden, as also, 
according to Temminck, in Asia—im Japan. It is found 
throughout England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, but less 
frequently in the extreme north. 
These birds keep in pairs the who'e year, and are believed 
to unite for life, and more than two are seldom seen in com- 
pany, unless it be when met over a carrion, or while the 
brood remain together. In their wild state they have been 
known occasionally to pair with the Hooded Crow: in one 
instance for two or three years in succession. It does not 
appear for certain what the progeny are like, but one nest 
was said to contain some young birds resembling one of the 
parents, and some the other. The male spiritedly defends 
the female when sitting, and both bravely repel any bird, 
though much larger than themselves, that may shew symptoms 
of having a design upon their young. They fearlessly assail 
