346 INSESSORES. CORVUS. Raven. 



found in every quarter of the globe. In disposition these 

 birds are cunning, cautious, and very watchful. When ta- 

 ken young, they are easily domesticated, and in that state 

 soon become impudent and obtrusive. Are greatly addicted 

 to pilfering, and their attention seems particularly attracted 

 by glittering objects. Are very imitative, and may be 

 taught to articulate words. Are not nice in the selection of 

 their diet, feeding indiscriminately upon insects, carrion, 

 grain, eggs, &c. Many species live and travel in bands or 

 societies. Scarcely any difference in plumage is observable 

 between the male and female ; and they are subject to only 

 one moult in the course of the year. 



RAVEN. 



CoRvus Cor AX, Linn. 

 PLATE XXVII. 



CorvusCorax, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 155. 2. — Fauna Suec. No. 85 Gmel. Syst. 



p. 364. sp. 2 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. 150. 1. 



Corvus, Briss. 11. p. 8. 1 Rail Syn. p. 30. A. 1. 



Le Corbeau, Bii,ff. Ois. v. 3. p. 13. t. 2 — Id. PI. Eni. 495. 



Corbeau noir, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 107- 



Kolkrabe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 2. p. 148 — -Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. 



p. 93. 

 Raven, Br. Zool. 1. p. 218. 74 Arct. Zool. 2. No. 134 — Lewin's Br. 



Birds, 1. t. 33.— Lath. Syn. 1. p. 367. 1 — Id. Supp. p. 74 — Mont. Ornith. 



Diet Id. Supp — Bewick's Br. Birds — Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 4.— White, 



Hist. Selb. 



Provincial — Corby. 



The Raven is the largest and strongest bird of this genus, 

 and is found in every quarter of the globe, and under all 

 climates, braving the snows of Greenland with as much ease 

 as it bears the sultry glances of the Torrid Zone. — Its fa^ 

 vourite places of habitation are in extensive woods, or in a 

 rocky and mountainous country. 



It is sometimes seen in the neighbourhood of large towns, 

 Food, drawn thither by the allurement of carrion, and other offal. 



