RAVEN. 



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VI. C R O' W. Gsn. Birds XIE 



5a ZW. i. N» 74. ^ 134. Rave», 



Corvus Corax, Lin. Syfi, ijj. 



Korp, Faun. Suec, N" 85. — Leems, 240. — Faun. Groent. p-. 6z. — Latham, i. 367; 

 — De Buffon, iii. 13. — Lev. Mus. 



With the point' of the Bill a little incurvated, with a fmall 

 tooth on each fide, of a black color, glolTed with blue. It va- 

 ries to white, and to pied. In the Feroe ifles is a breed which are 

 black and white, and are faid to keep in a place feparate from the 

 common kind *. 



The largeft of the genus. Weighs three pounds. Length two feet Siz^, 



two inches. 



Very numerous as far north as Finmark, Iceland, and Greenland, Place. 



where it frequents the huts of the natives, and feeds on the offals 

 of the Seals f . Preys in concert with the White Bear, Arftic Fox, 

 and Eagle. Devours the eggs of birds, efpecially the Ptarmigan : 

 eats fhore-fifh,. and Ihell-fifh : drops the lafl: from on high to breaK 

 them, and get at the contents. Turns roundin the air, and is dexterous j 

 changes its prey from its bill to its feet, or from its feet to its bill, 

 by way of eafe. Eats alfo berries, and, when almoft famifhed, dried 

 flcins and excrements. Neftles on high rocks, which overhang and 

 afford a- canopy. Couples in Af<3rc^ j lays in y^nV. Each preferves 

 a diftrift to itfelf. The male fits in the day ; the female in the night : 

 the former fleepsclofe by its mate. Have ftrong affeftion to their 

 young brood. Hearing its croaking echoed, repeats it; as if ad- 

 miring its own note. At approach of firormsj collefts under fhelter. 

 of rocks. 



*■ Brunnick, p. 8. f Egedt, 64, 



Caught. 



