10 RAVEN. 



Length 26 inches, extent of wings 50 ; beak along the ridge 3, along 

 the gap 3| ; tarsus Q^, middle toe 2f . 



The Female is usually somewhat smaller, but in all respects resembles 

 the male. 



The Young Males are three years in acquiring the full development of 

 the long-pointed feathers, which hang, as it were, from the throat and 

 fore-part of the neck. 



The Thick Shell-Bark Hickory. 



JuGLANS SULCATA, Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 637.— J. laciniosa, Mick. Arbr. 

 Forest, de I'Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 199, pi. 8 — Moncecia Polyandria, Linn. 

 Terebinthace^, Juss. 



Leaves pinnate, with about nine obovato-lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate leaflets, which are downy beneath, the terminal one nearly sessile and 

 attenuated at the base ; fruit roundish, with four longitudinal promi- 

 nences ; nut nearly globular, slightly compressed, smooth, with an elon- 

 o-ated tip. It occurs from Louisiana to Massachusetts, although not, I 

 beheve, farther eastward, and also exists in the whole of the western coun- 

 try, as far as I have travelled. It grows in almost every kind of soil, and 

 in some parts acquires a great size. When detached, it forms a fine 

 ornament to the meadows and fields. The wood, which is hard and ex- 

 tremely pliant, is greatly esteemed for various purposes, and when kept 

 dry is lasting. Excepting the Paean nuts, none in America are considered 

 equal to those of the present species. They are generally collected after 

 falling, late in autumn, and are abundant in most of our markets, large 

 quantities being shipped to Europe. 



