INSESSORES. 



CARRION CROW 



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CORVIDM. 



THE CARRION CROW. 



Corvus corone, The Carrion Crow, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 281. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit, Birds, vol.i. p. 87. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 87. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 349. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 145. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 

 CorneiUe noir, Temm. Man. d'Ornitli. vol. i. p. 108. 



The Crow, or Carrion Crow as it is more frequently 

 called, may be considered a Raven of small size, resembling 

 the bird last de^ribed in all but its bulk, while it is imme- 

 diately distinguished from the Rook by its beak, its voice, 

 and its habits. 



Like the Raven, the Crows keep in Pairs all the year, and 



