THE CROWS. 



been named or described, though it is by no means rare in 

 Bombay and other towns. It is very likef^ r the common crow, 

 and might, indeed, pass for that bird, but for two marks by 

 which it may be distinguished at a glance, viz., a prominent 

 corky wart, which grows right across the bridge of its nose, 

 and a certain sense of shame which seems to pervade all its 

 proceedings. I have written a full account of its appearance 

 and habits under the name of Corvus corticiger, but I am 

 deterred from publishing the paper at once by a suspicion 

 which has crossed my mind that Mukkun, the mussaul, may, 

 in sportive mood, have manufactured the species out of a 

 captured common crow and a soda-water cork. 



CoRVUS CORTICIGER. 



