110 THE CARRION CROW: 
“Time’s glory is to calm contending Kings, 
To fill with worm-holes stately monuments, 
To pluck the quills from ancient ravens’ wings.” 
Lucrece. 
Next to the raven, the Carrion-Crow (Corvus corone) 
claims our attention, from his close relationship to his 
larger congener. So closely, indeed, does he resemble the 
raven upon a slightly modified scale, that we might also 
fancy him— 
“A crow of the same nest.” 
All’s Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
Like him, he leads a predatory life, carrying off young 
game-birds, chickens, and eggs; and where he cannot 
obtain a fresh meal, he has no objection to carrion and 
offal of all kinds. Should a sheep die in the field, the 
crows of the neighbourhood are sure to be attracted to it. 
“The fold stands empty in the drowned field, 
And crows are fatted with the murrain flock.” 
Midsummer Night's Dream, Act. ii. Sc. 1. 
Gamekeepers, knowing this propensity, and having an 
eye to the better preservation of pheasants’ eggs for the 
future, avail themselves of the opportunity, when a sheep 
dies, to place a little strychnine in the mouth and eyes, 
and on a second visit they are seldom disappointed in 
finding two or three dead crows. 
