HOODED CROW. . -1-1 



feathers; iris, brown. Plead on the sides, neck in front, 

 chin, and throat, bright bluish black, farthest down in the 

 centre; breast, nape, and back, grey, the shafts of the feathers 

 dark, but much more decisively so in some specimens than 

 in others. ."Wings; the first feather is three inches shorter 

 than the second, which is one inch shorter than the third, 

 the third a little shorter than the fourth, which is the longest 

 in the wing; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, bright black. 

 Tail, bright black, rounded at the end; legs and toes, bright 

 black, and plated; claws, bright black. 



The female is less than the male, and the grey of her 

 plumage is tinged with brown. 



Young birds resemble the old. Selby says, 'sometimes this 

 bird varies in colouring, and is found entirely white or black.' 



