LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Subclass NEORNITHES. 



Section CARINATJE. 



Order PASSERIFORMES. 



Suborder ACROMYODI. 



Family CORVID^E. 



Genus CORVUS Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 105. 

 Type : C. corax Linn. 



Corvus The Raven, in classical Latin. Akin to Kopa, cornix, corone, 

 our Raven, Rook, and to xpw^ta = I caw, icpaw = I cry, and Engl. to " ring." 



CorvUS COrax. RAVEN. 



Corvus COrax Linnaws, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 105 : Sweden. 



Corvus corax Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. 1877, p. 14 ; 

 B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 70 ; Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 

 1899, p. 241. 



Corax = Kopa%, a Raven or Crow, in classical authors. Akin to our " Rook," 

 from the root Kpiofa = I caw. Cf. Corvus. 



Distribution in the British Islands. Resident, local in 

 England, Wales and Ireland, where it is chiefly confined to 

 the precipitous coast-line and fell-districts. More general 

 in Scotland, and common in the remoter parts of the 

 Highlands and Islands. It is more widely distributed in the 

 winter months. 



General Distribution. The typical form of the Raven is 

 found throughout northern and central Europe and as far 

 east as western Siberia ; south to the Pyrenees, north Italy, 

 and Hungary. Races have been recognised in the Faeroes, 



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