FAMILIAR 



WILD BIRDS. 



THE CAEEION CKOW. 



Corvus corona. 



NUKE the majority of the 

 feathered tribe, the Carrion 

 Crow can hardly be deemed an 

 attractive bird; its general 

 habits, and particularly the food 

 to which it is principally ad- 

 dicted, being of a character 

 scarcely calculated to inspire 

 either sympathy or admiration. 

 As its name suggests, the food 

 of the bird is composed to a 

 large extent of carrion, although 

 the young of small quadrupeds, 

 fresh-water mussels, and the 

 eggs of pheasants, partridges, 

 and poultry are at all times de- 

 voured with avidity. In some 

 parts of the Weald of Sussex, 

 where ponds and brooks are 

 plentiful, it has acquired among 

 country people the local name 

 of " crow-mussel." 



This bird may be generally 

 described as a small edition of 



