i 74 1 



Genus XII. C R O W,- 



N"' 42; White-eared Jay. N" 44. Macao Cn 



43. Purple-headed Crow. 45. Rufous Cr, 



^' Raven, Ge^i. Syn. i. p. 367. N" i.--Ara. Zool. N° 134. 



'' '' Corvus Corax, Bnin. N" 27. — Georgi Reife, p. 164. — Faun. Arag. p. 72-^ 



'X'HE Raven is found every where in Rujfia and Sibiria, excepc 

 within the ar£lic circle ; alfo in Kamtfchatka, and in the ad- 

 jacent ijlands. It has been noticed before as an American fpecies j 

 known at Hudjon's Bay by the name of Kakakeiv It lays from, 

 three to five greenifheggs, and the young fly in July. The na- 

 tives thereabouts deteft this bird * j yet among the American fa- 

 vages it is held as an emblem of return of health : hence their 

 magicians, when they vifit the fickj invoke the Raven, and mimic 

 its voice -f. Our circumnavigators met with it in the Sandwich 

 JJlands, two being ktn in the village of Kakooe, and alfo at 

 Owhyhee ; and fuppofed to be adored there, as they were called 

 Eatoas;^. It may be taught to fpeak like a Parrot, and even to 

 Jing, if we may credit the account of a late author ||. 



* Mr. Hutchim. f ArSi. Zool % Cook's Laji Voy. iii. p. 161.— 



Ell, Narr, ii. 142. 



II " The moil extraordinary of all is, that he can be taught to fing like a 

 " man. I have heard a Raven fing the Black Joke with great dillindlnefs, truth,. 

 " and humour ! " See Gold/mitPs AnmatedNature, vol, v. p. 226. 



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