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Karrial, Hind. ; Dad-hag , Beng. ; Kahi, Tel. ; Kaka, Tarn. ; 

 Ulak-pho, Lepch. ; Ulak, Bhut. ; Goyegamma-Kaka, Ceyl. ; 

 Hashibuto-garasu, Jap. 



ad. (India). Entire plumage deep black, glossed with purple and green ; 

 feathers on the sides and back of neck disintegrated and nearly glossless ; 

 feathers on the throat only lanceolate ; bill very stout ; legs and bill black ; 

 iris dark brown. Culmen 2'4, wing 12*5, tail 8*2, tarsus 2'2 inch. Sexes 

 alike. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia, Japan, Corea, China, India, and the 

 islands of S.E. Asia. 



In habits it closely resembles C, corone, but in India it not 

 only frequents the jungles, but also towns and villages. .It 

 breeds in January and February, making a nest like that of 

 0. corone and deposits 4 or 5 eggs, greenish in colour marked 

 with brown and measuring about 1*7 by 1'2. 



604. RAVEN. 

 CORVUS CORAX. 



Corvus corax, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 155 (1766) ; Naum. ii. p. 43, Taf. 53 r 

 fig. 1. ; Hewitson, i. p. 220, pi. Ivii. ; Gould, B. of E. iii. pi. 220 ; 

 id. B. of Gt. Brit. iii. pi. 57 ; Newton, ii. p. 259 ; Dresser, iv. 

 p. 567, pi. 262, fig. 3, 265, fig. 1 ; Audub. B. Am. pi. 224 ; David 

 and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 266 ; Sharpe. Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 14 - r 

 Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 14 ; Saunders, p. 241 ; Lilford, ii. 

 p. 44, pi. 19 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. pp. 525-529 ; Kidgway, p. 361 ; 

 C. carnivorus, Bartr. Trav. E. Flor. p. 290 (1793) ; Baird, B. N. 

 Am. p. 560, pi. xxi. ; C. leucophceus, Vieill. No'uv. Diet. viii. p. 27 

 (1817) ; C. tibetanus, Hodgs. Ann. and Mag. Nat. HisJ;. 2nd ser. iii. 

 p. 263 (1849). 



Gorbeau, French ; Corvo, Portug. ; Cuervo, Span. ; Gorvo 

 imperiale, Ital. ; Kolkrabe, Germ. ;" Raaf, Dutch ; Hra/n, Icel. ; 

 Ravn y Dan. and Norweg. ; Korp, Swed. ; Korppi, Finn. : Voron, 

 Russ. ; Kargli, Candahar ; Domkah, Doda, Hind. ; Watari-garasu r 

 Jap. 



( ad. (Sweden) Deep black, richly glossed, especially on the upper 

 parts with steel-blue and purple ; feathers on the throat lanceolate, elon- 

 gated, richly glossed with purple ; tail almost wedge-shaped ; bill and 

 legs shining black ; iris brown. Culmen 3'7, height of the bill at base Tl r 

 wing 16'2, tail lO'l, tarsus 2'65 inch. The female is similar, but usualry 

 rather smaller and slightly duller, and the young bird is much duller, and 

 has the throat-feathers loose in texture, and not lanceolate. 



