INSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



RAVEN. 



G3 



COBVW^. 



THE RAVEN. 



Cnrvns corux, The Raven, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 279. 

 Mont. Ornitli. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 85. 

 Fleji. Brit. An. p. 87. 

 Seluy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 346. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 145. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 

 ,, ,, Corbeuu noir, Temh. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 107. 



CoRvus. Generic Characters. — Beak straight at the base, compressed at 

 the sides, curved towards the point, and sharp at the edges. Nostrils basal, 

 open, hid by stiff feathers directed forwards. Wings pointed ; the first primary 

 of moderate length, the second and third shorter than the fourth, which is the 

 longest. Feet — three toes before, one behind, almost entirely divided ; tarsus 

 lonEfer than the middle toe. 



