RAVEN. OMNIVORI. CORVUS. 67 
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS. 
Plumage generally uniform and dark. Tail of mean 
length, and rounded at the end. Bill very strong. 
~ Raven.—Corvus Corax, Linn. 
PLATE 27*. 
Corvus corax, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 155. 2.—Fauna Suec. No. 85.—Gmel. Syst- 
p- 364. sp. 2.—-Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. 150. 1. 
Corvus, Briss. 11. p. 8. 1.—Raii, Syn. p. 39. A. 1. 
Le Corbeau, Buff. Ois. v. 3. p. 13. t. 2.—Zd. Pl. Enl. 495. 
Corbeau noir, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 107. 
Kolkrabe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 2. p. 148.—Meyer, Tasschen. Deut. v. 1. 
p: 93. 
Raven, Br. Zool. 1. p. 218. 74.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 134.—Lewin’s Br. 
Birds, 1. t. 33.—Lath. Syn. 1. p.367. 1.—/d. Supp. p. 74.—Mont. Ornith. 
Dict.—Id. Sup.—Bewick’s Br. Birds. —Pult. Cat. Dorset. p. 4.— White, 
Hist. Selb. F 
Provincial, Corby. 
The raven is the largest and strongest bird of this genus, Locality. 
and is found in every quarter of the globe, and under all cli- 
mates, braving the snows of Greenland with as much ease as 
it bears the sultry glances of the Torrid Zone.—Its favourite Haunts. 
places of habitation are in extensive woods, or in a rocky and 
mountainous country. 
It is sometimes seen in the neighbourhood of large towns, 
drawn thither by the allurement of carrion, and other offal. Food. 
But its appetite is not confined merely within these useful li- 
mits, for it often commits great destruction amongst lambs, 
and sickly sheep, which it leaves to a miserable and lingering 
death, after having picked out the eyes. Young ducks, 
chickens, and goslings, also frequently fall a sacrifice to its vo- 
racity. For the above reasons, perpetual war is made upon 
the breed by the shepherds and husbandmen, and it is per- 
haps in some countries only saved from extermination by the 
secluded or inaccessible nature of the places in which it builds 
its nest. ‘The raven possesses the sense of smell in an exqui- 
site degree of perfection, and is enabled to scent its food at a 
surprising distance. Even at Hudson’s Bay, where the seve- 
rity of the frost very rapidly destroys the effluvia of dead 
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