ROYSTON, OR HOODED CROW. 93 



green ground ; the length one inch ten lines, by one inch 

 three lines in breadth. 



In addition to the localities already quoted, the Hooded 

 Crow is indigenous in the northern parts of Ireland. North 

 of the islands of Scotland, it is common in Denmark, Swe- 

 den, and Norway, breeds in considerable numbers on the 

 Faroe Islands, and is found at Iceland ; it is found also in 

 Russia and Siberia, but not beyond the Lena. It is said 

 to breed in Germany ; and is common during winter on the 

 coast of Holland. In the southern parts of Europe, this 

 bird inhabits the plains from autumn to the spring, and the 

 mountains that are wooded from the spring to autumn. It 

 is found at Corfu, Sicily, and Crete. Mr. H. Strickland 

 observed that it was common at Smyrna ; it is found in 

 the Grecian Archipelago ; and it inhabits the country be- 

 tween the Black and the Caspian seas. M. Temminck 

 includes it in his Catalogue of the Birds of Japan ; and 

 Sonnerat records it as inhabiting the Philippine Islands. 



Beak strong, like that of the Raven, two inches long, 

 and shining black, the basal half covered with projecting 

 feathers, which entirely hide the nostrils ; the head, cheeks, 

 throat, and neck in front, shining bluish black ; wings and 

 tail the same ; nape of the neck, back, rump, and all the 

 under surface of the body smoke grey, the shafts of the 

 feathers dark slate grey ; legs, toes, and claws, shining 

 black. 



The whole length of an adult male is twenty inches. 

 Wings, from the carpal joint to the end of the quill- 

 feathers, thirteen inches : the first feather three inches 

 shorter than the second, which is one inch shorter than 

 the third ; the third but little shorter than the fourth, 

 which is the longest in the wing. 



Females are smaller than males, and the grey portions 



