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FAMILY CORVINiE. 



CROWS. 



GENUS CORVUS — LINN. 



CROW. 



[Bill rather long, stout — nostrils covered with stiff feathers ; head large ; neck 

 rather short ; body robust ; wings long ; tail rounded, of moderate length ; tarsi 

 and toes stout.] 



CORVAX CORAX— LINN. 



RA.VEN. 



Raven, Corvus corax, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Corvus corax, Bonap. Syn. 

 Corvus corax, Raven, Sw. & Rich. 

 Raven, Corvus corax, Nutt. Man. 

 Raven, Corvus corax, Aud, Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill exceedingly stout, along the gap three 

 inches j nostrils covered by long stifi' feathers ; length of tarsi two 

 inches and three eighths ; the feathers on the fore neck elongated 

 and pointed. Adult with the plumage deep black, glossed with 

 purple and steel blue ; bill and feet black ; tail rounded. Length 

 twenty-six inches, wing sixteen. 



It is said that the Raven is a denizen of almost every part of the 

 globe. In the United States it is common, though more abundant 



