286 



HOODED CROW. 



Class II» 



4. Hooded. Corviis Cornix. C. cinerascens, 



capite jugulo alis caudaque 



nigris. Lailu Ind, orn. 153. 



id. Syn. i. 374 id. Sup. i. 77- 



id. Sup. li. 109. 

 La Corneille emantelee. Belon 



av. 285. 

 Cornix varia, Marina, Hy- 



berna, (Nabelfrae.) Gesner 



av. 332, 

 Cornix cinerea. Aldr. av, i. 379. 

 Rail syn. av. 3Q. 

 Martins West. Isles, 376- 

 Hooded Crow. Sih. Scot. 15. 

 La Corneille mantelee. Brisson 



av.'i'i. ig. Hist.d^ois.ni.6l> 



PI. Enl. 76. 

 Mulacchia cinerizia, Monac- 



chia. Zinan. 70. 

 Corvus cornix. Gm. Lin. 366. 

 Kraka. Faun. Suec. sp. 88. 

 Grave Kran,Kranveitl. Kram, 



333. 

 Graue-Kroehe (grey-Crow), 



Nebel-Kroehe (mist Crow). 



Frisch. 1. 60. 

 Urana, ScopoU, No. 37- 

 Br. Zool. 76. plate D. i. Arcl. 



Zool.i. 2Q3. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



XHE weight of this species is twenty-two 

 ounces : the length twenty-two inches ; the 

 breadth twenty-three. The head, under side of 

 the neck, and wings are black, glossed over with 

 a fine blue ; the breast, belly, back, and upper 

 part of the neck, are of a pale ash color ; the 

 irides hazel ; the legs black, and weaker than 

 those of the Rook. The bottom of the toes are 

 very broad and flat, to enable them to walk 

 without sinking on marshy and muddy grounds, 

 where they are conversant. 



In England hooded crows are birds of pass- 

 age, coming and going with the woodcock, 

 and are found both in inland and maritime 

 places. Belon, Gesner, and Aldrovandus agree. 



