NATUUALIST'S CABINET. 



Description, &.c. 



Its faculty of scent must be very acute ; for in 

 the coldest winter-days, at Hudson's-Bay, when 

 every kind of effluvia is almost instantaneously 

 destroyed by the frost, buffaloes and other beasts 

 have been killed where not one of these birds 

 was seen ; but in a few hours, scores of them 

 would gather about the spot to pick up the offal. 



M. Le Vaillant found a variety of the raven, 

 differing from ours in size only and the greater 

 curvature of its beak, in Saldanha-Bay, at the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; where he informs us, they 

 unite in large flocks, often attacking and killing 

 the young antelopes. 



THE C4RRION CROW. 



THIS bird is considerably less than the raven'; 

 but is similar to it in colour, external appearance, 

 and in many of its habits. These birds live 

 chiefly in pairs, in the woods, where the female 

 builds her nest on the trees, lays five or six eggs, 

 much like those of the raven; and, while sitting, 

 is always fed by the male. They feed on putres- 

 cent flesh of all sorts; as well as on worms, in- 

 sects, and various kinds of grain. They do much 

 mischief in rabbit-warrens, by killing and de- 

 vouring the young rabbits; and chickens and 

 young ducks frequently become their victims. 

 Thyy have a very acute scent, and are said to 



