CROW. 77. 



tliis fpecies is fometimes found of a pure white. Mr. Tunjiall has 

 one of thefe in his coUeftion, in which the bill was white alfo. I 

 have feen others black and' white, and one quite brown, the co= 

 lour of a Jay, 



Hooded Crow, Gen. Syn. 1. p. 374. N" 5. — ArB. Zool.W. p. 251. B, 5, 



Corvus cornix, Brun. N"^ 30. — Mulkr, N" i'i.—Georgi Rei/e, p. 165. h-HOODED 



&ROW. 



'HIS bird is very connmon throughout Ruffia and Sihiria, but 

 not beyond the Lena. Migrates to Woronefch, and pafTes the 

 winter there : grows very large beyond the Ob, and often varies to 

 intenfe blacknefs *. 



Found, with feveral others of this genus, ztAleppo-\-, and com- 

 mon about the Lake Baikal ; and moft likely extends to, other, 

 parts o^ AJia, as 1 have been informed that in fome parts of India 

 they are common, and fo bold as to fnatch the food from the diihes 

 while the fervants are carrying them acrofs the court-yards, exr 

 cept they are kept off by beating +. 



It is faid that the culture of the cinnamon-tree, in Ceylon, is ow- 

 ing- to Crows, but what fpecies is uncertain. They are faid to eat 

 the quick-tafted, and red fruit of this tree, and with the fruit to 

 fwallow the kernels, and fcatter them every where about with 

 their excrements. On this account, none dares to ftioot a Crow 3 . 

 under a fevere penalty |f. 



r 



• j4ra. Zcol. f RuJ. Akf. p. 6g. , J Mr. Pennant. 



II Life and Jd'ventures of J . Chriftian Wolf. — This circumftance is attributed to 

 the White Nutmeg Pigeon.. See vol. iv, p. 638. Note *. 



Jackdaw^ , 



