CROW. 3S? 



N* 36. LefTer Mexican Cr. N° 38. Nutcracker. 

 37. Short-tailed Cr. 39. Red-legged Cr. 



Var. A. 40. Cayenne red-billed Cr. 



Var. B. 41. Hermit Cr. 



Var. C. 



THE bill in this genus is ftrong, the upper mandible a little 

 convex, the edges are cukrated, and in mofl of the fpecies 

 is a fmall notch near the tip. 



Noftrils covered with briftles, reflected over them. 



Tongue divided at the end. 



Toes, three forward, one backward ; the middle one joined to 

 the outer as far as the firft joint. 



Different fpecies found in every climate. In general clamorous : 

 promifcuous feeders : build for the moft part in trees : lay about 

 fix eggs. Several fpecies inhabit England, whofe nature is well 

 known, and may ferve to give an idea of the manners of the reft. 



Corvus corax, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 15c. N° 2.— Faun. Groent. p. 62. N° 38. — I. . 



Muller, V .J *RAW> 



. maximus, Scop. Ann. i. p. 34. N° 45. 



Le Corbeau, Brif. orn. ii. p. 8. — Buf. oif. iii. p., 13. pi. 2. — Pl.enl. 495. 



Rabe 3 Fri/cb. t. 63. — -Kram. elen. p. 333. 



Raven, Rail Syn. p. 39. A. 1. — Will. orn. p. 121. pi. 18. — Albin. ii. 



pi. 20. — Br. Zool. i. p. 218. N° 74. — Amer. Zcol. N° 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



'"jpHIS is the largeft of the genus, weighing three pounds., and Description. 



is in length above two feet, in breadth four. The bill 

 is ftrong and thick, nearly two inches and three quarters in 



2, length. 



