.380 CLASS AVES. 



TJie Crave of Europe, ( Corvus Grrcwula. Lin.) 

 Enl. 255. 



Is of the size of a crow, black, with the bill and feet 

 red ; its wings reach or exceed the end of the taO. 



It lives on the highest mountains of the Alps and 

 Pyrenees, and builds there, in the clefts of rocks, like 

 the chocard ; but it is less common, and does not 

 unite in flocks. It eats both fruits and insects. 

 "When it descends into the valleys, it is a sign of 

 snow and bad weather.* 



Corvus Affinis. Lath. 



Above, dusky greenish-black : breast and belly, ceni- 

 reous. Cayenne. 



New Holland Crave. 

 Entirely black. 



The Hoopoes proper. (Upupa.) 



Have on the head an ornament formed of a double 

 range of long feathers, which can be erected accord- 

 ing to the inclination of the bird. 

 We have one in Europe, 



Upupa Epops. Lin. Enl. 52. Naum. 142. 

 Of a vinous red ; wings and tail black ; two white 



* We know not what combination of the history of this bird with bad 

 figures, has given birth to the imaginary species Corvus Eremita, Lin., a 

 pretended bird of Switzerland, which nobody has seen since Gesner. 



