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W. 



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compofing it of roots and twigs, along with the bones they have 

 picked, lining it with hair, mofs, &c. — By the above, one may 

 fuppofe their flefh impoflible to be relifhed ; yet in Greenland it is 

 eaten by many, and their fkins ufed by the natives as a covering 

 next the flefh. It muft be an hardy bird, for in the laft-named 

 ifland it is the only one qf its race that is met with. 

 Of this fpecies Brijfon mentions two varieties. 



Le Corbeau varie, Sri/, orn. ii. p. 12. A. 

 Cacalotl, Fernand. Hiji. Nov. Hi/p. p. 48. 



'X'HIS differs from the other, only in having a mixture of white 

 feathers, and inhabits Mexico. 



1. 



Var. A. 



PIED RAVEN. 



Le Corbeau blanc, Sri/, orn. ii. p. 12. E. 

 Corvus albus, Schwenck. av. Si!, p. 245. 



'TTHIS is white throughout, and found in Norway and Ice- 

 land. We have had more than one inftance where the 

 whole brood of a neft have proved white ; and I know one at 

 this prefent time, which is nearly white, or very pale buff- 

 colour. 



Var.B. 



white 

 RAVEN. 



T ENGTH nineteen inches. Bill remarkably ftrong at the 



bafe, and much compreffed at the fides 1 in length two 



inches and three quarters, and of a black colour : the plumage 



dufky black : the feathers beneath the chin are of a remarkably 



3 B loofe 



2. 



SOUTH-SEA 



RAVEN. 



DESCRIPTION^ 



