2 COBVID^. 



Iceland, Spain, and some of the Mediterranean Islands, 

 while distinct subspecies occur in north Africa and the 

 Canary Islands, and throughout the greater part of Asia and 

 North America. 



Corvus corone. Caerion-Ckow. 



Corvus corone Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 105 : England. 



Corone corone (Linn.) ; Sliarpe, Gat. Birds B. M. iii. 1877, p. 36. 

 Corvus corone B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 69; Saunders, 

 Maimal, 2ncl ed. 1899, p. 243. 



Corone = icopuvri, a Crow, in classical Greek and Latin. See under Corvus 

 for the derivation. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Resident, widely dis- 

 tributed in England, Wales, and the southern half of 

 Scotland, and also occurs in the eastern part of the latter 

 country as far north as Sutherland. Rare in the west 

 Highlands and the northern and western Islands of Scotland 

 and in Ireland. A Winter Visitor to England from western 

 central Europe, departing in spring. 



General Distribution. — The typical form of the Carrion- 

 Crow breeds commonly in western Europe as far east as the 

 Elbe, in Switzerland, Bohemia, the highlands of Austria and 

 upper Italy. It occurs occasionally in other parts of Europe. 

 The eastern form (C. c. orientalis) breeds in Asia ft-om the 

 Yenesei to the Pacific, Mongolia, northern China, and Japan, 

 and has been procured in Turkestan and northern India. 



Corvus COrnix. Hooded Crow. 



Corvus COrnix izMMfTO*, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 105 : Sweden. 

 Corone cornix {Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. 1877, p. 31. 

 Corvus cornix B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 69; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 21.5. 



Comix = a Crow, in classical Latin. Akin to Corvus, q, v. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Eesident and common 

 in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, nesting regularly 

 as far south as the Tay and Clyde areas, in the Isle of Man 



