BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



IRaven. 



THE Raven (Coivus corax, Linnaeus) is a resident species 

 in the British Islands, although it is from various causes 

 a diminishing species. It is also met with throughout 

 the Palearctic Region. The adult has the entire plumage 

 black, upper parts glossed with purple and blue; tail, 

 nearly rounded ; irides, brown ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 

 Length, about twenty-five or twenty-six inches. The young 

 raven is duller in colouration than the mature bird. 



