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COEVTJS COEONE. 



(CARRION-CROW.) 



Corvus comix, Brisson, Orn. ii. p. 12 (1760). 



Corvus corone, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 155 (1766). 



La Corbine ou Corneille noire, Montb. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 45 (1775). 



Corvus subcorone, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 167 (1831). 



Corvus hiemalis, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 167 (1831). 



Corvus assimilis, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 57 (1855). 



Corvus corone major, A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, p. 3 (1866). 



Corvus corone minor, A. E. Brehm, ut supra (1866). 



Corvus corone longirostris, A. E. Brehm, ut supra (1866). 



Corvus corone brevirostris, A. E. Brehm, ut supra (1866). 



Corvus corone subcorone, A. E. Brehm, ut supra, (1866). 



Corvus corone inter cedens, A. E. Brehm, ut supra, (1866). 



Corvus corone assimilis, A. E. Brehm, ut supra (1866). 



Corvus corone hiemalis, A. E. Brehm, ut supra (1866). 



Corvus corone montanus, A. E. Brehm, ut supra (1866). 



Corvus pseudo-corone, A. O. Hume, Nests and Eggs of Ind. Birds, p. 410 (1874). 



Crow, Carrion-Crow, English ; Corneille noire, French ; Gralha, Portuguese ; Corbatilla, 

 Corneja negra, Spanish ; Cornacchia nera, Italian ; Kraai, Dutch ; Krahe, Krahrabe, 

 schwarze Krahe, German ; Sort Krage, Holstensk Krage, Ravne Krage, Danish ; Chernaya 

 Vorona, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 



DAubenton, PI. Enl. 483 ; Werner, Atlas, Omnivores, pi. 2 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. pi. xi. ; 

 Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 28. fig. 3; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 53. fig. 2; Gould, B. of 

 Eur. pi. 221; id. B. of G. Brit. iii. pi. 58; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 137; Eoux, Orn. 

 Prov. pi. 130. 



Ad. ater, corpore supra purpureo nitente : alis et Cauda supra virescente purpureo nitentibus : corpore subtus 

 vix violaceo tincto : naribus dense setis tectis : cauda rotundatiL 



Juv. adulto similis sed sordidior. 



Adult Male (Aboyne, Scotland). Entire plumage jet-black, glossed, especially on the upper parts, with 

 purple, the wings and tail having a tinge of greenish purple in the gloss ; tail slightly rounded ; nostrils 

 covered with thick bristly feathers, directed forwards ; beak and legs shining black ; iris brown. Total 

 length about 18 inches, culmen 23, height of bill at base 0'75, wing 12*8, tail 7 - 10, tarsus 2 - 30. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



