BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE HOODED CROW. 

 (Corvus Cornix, Linn. Corneillc Mantelcc, Temm.) 



Is somewhat larger and more bulky than the 

 Rook, measuring* twenty-two inches in length. 

 The bill is black, and two inches long; the head, 

 fore part of the neck, wings, and tail black; the 

 back and all the under parts are of a pale ash ; the 

 legs black. 



These birds arrive with the Woodcock, and on 

 their first coming frequent the shores of rivers. 

 They depart in the spring, but they do not all 

 leave us, as they have been seen during the sum- 

 mer months, in the northern quarters of our island, 

 where they frequent the mountainous parts of the 

 country, and breed in the pines. In the Zetland 

 islands they are the only species of Crow met with, 



