Carrion Crow. -OMNIVORI. CORVUS. 69 
Piate 27 *. A male, in the proportion of four-fifths of the 
natural size. 
Bill very strong, nearly three inches in length, black. Nos-_ General 
trils covered with bristly feathers, reaching to half the oes 
length of the bill. TIrides with two circles, the outer one 
brown, the inner grey. The whole of the plumage 
black, the upper part glossed with blue. Throat-fea- 
thers narrow, raised and accuminated ; those of the hin- 
der part of the neck being long, loose, and silky. Tail 
more than half the length of the body, considerably 
rounded at the end, and the feathers bent slightly up- 
wards. Legs and toes plated, black. 
y Carrion Crow.—Corvus corone, (Lann.) 
PLATE 28. 
Corvus corone, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 155. 3.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 365. sp. 3.— 
ee Ind. Ornith. 1. 151. Sp. 4.-Wils. Amer. Ornith. v. 4. p. 79. Pl. 35. 
+ Oe 
Cornix, Raii, Syn. p. 39. A. 2.— Will. p. 83. i 
La Corneille noir ou Corbine, Buff. Ois. v. 3. p. 45. t. 5.—Zd. Pl. Enl. 
483. 
Corneille Noir, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 108. 
Krahen Rabe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 2. p. 117.—Meyer, Tasschenb. 
Deut. v. 1. p. 94. 
Carrion Crow, Br. Zool. 1. No. 75. t. 34.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 135.—Lewin’s 
Br. Birds, 1. t. 34.—White’s Hist. Selb. p. 97.— Will. (Ang.) p. 122. t. 18. 
—Lath. Syn. 1. p. 370. 3.—Pult. Cat. Dorset. p. 4.—Mont. Ornith. Dict. 
—ZId. Supp.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, v. 1.—Low’s Fau.: Orcad.—Shaw’s Zool. 
v. 7. p. 345. 
Provincial, Black-Neb, Corby-Crow, Flesh-Crow, Gor-Crow, 
Midden-Crow. 
This species bears a strong resemblance in form and ha- 
bits to the raven, but is much inferior in size. It may be Distinc- 
readily distinguished from the rook, by the greater strength Boece: 
and curvature of its bill, and which is never deprived of. the Crow and 
bristly feathers that cover the base and nostrils, as is the case 
with the latter ; its note also is hoarser, and the glossy tints 
of its plumage are more inclined to greenish-blue, than to the 
violet and purple of the rook. Carrion Crows seldom asso- 
