4 THE CARRION CROW. 



The young birds have less lustrous plumage than the 

 adults, especially on the upper surface of the body. 



The birds remain paired during the entire year j and 

 some naturalists affirm that when once paired they remain 

 so during life. According to Morris, many instances are 

 recorded of this bird mating with the hooded crow ; but 

 under what circumstances these unions took place cannot 

 be ascertained. The progeny in these cases have been said 

 to resemble, some one parent and some another. 



The Carrion Crow is found pretty generally throughout 

 England, though not so numerously as formerly ; in Scot- 

 land and the northern parts of Ireland, in Norway, the 

 Faroe Islands, Iceland, Germany, France, and the southern 

 parts of Europe, and also between the Black and Caspian 

 Seas. 



