630 BIRDS. PIES. Crow. 



it is greedy, thieving, and clamorous, and may be taught to fpeak ; it builds in high trees or lofty 

 rocks, pairing in March ; the female lays five or fix bluifh green eggs fpotted with brown in April, 

 thefe the male fits on by day and the female in the night time. The Raven is a long liver, and has 

 a very quick fenfe of fmelling; its flefh is eaten by the Greenlanders, who make clothes of the flsins, 

 ufmg the wings for brufhes, and forming the fplit quills into fifhing lines. The tail is flightly bent 

 downwards, and has a fmall tooth on each fide near the point ; the voice is a fhort rough croak, re- 

 peated at intervals. 



595 /3. Pied Raven. — 2. /3. C. Corax <var\us. 



Has a few fcattered white feathers. Lath. ind. orn. i. 150. n. 1. p. Syn. i. 369. n. 1. a. 

 Corvus varius. BrhT. av. ii. 12. n. 1. a. — Cacalotl. Fern. nov. hifp. 48. 



Inhabits Mexico. — This differs only from the foregoing by the circumftance mentioned in the cha- 

 racter. 



596 y. White Raven. — 2. y. C. Corax alius. 



Is entirely white. Lath. ind. orn. i. 151. n. 1. y. Syn. i. 369. n. 1. b. 



Corvus albus. BrhT. av. ii. 12. n. 1. b. Schwenkf. av. filef. 245. Ger. orn. ii. 32. t. 141- 



Inhabits Norway. 



597 J\ Northern Raven. — 2. J\ C. Corax borealls. 



Is variegated with black and white. Lath. ind. orn. i. 151. n. \A. 



Corvus feroenfis. Brunn. orn. bor. 8. — Corvus borealis. Briff. av. vi. app. 33. t. 2. f. r.. 



Inhabits the Feroe iflands. — This variety is a little fmaller than the reft, meafuring only two feet 

 long : The body is bright black, its under parts being white 5 the head is white, variegated with 

 black fpots ; the breaft is black; the wing quills are white, the outermoft being edged with blackifh* 

 the tail quills are variegated with black and white. 



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598 3. White- chinned Grow. — 3. Corvus clericus, 20. 



Is black, having a white chin ; the bafe of the bill is afh coloured. Muf. carlf. i. t. 2- 

 Lath. fyn. i. 152. n. 4. /3. 



Inhabits Sweden. — The colour on the greateft part of the body is footy black, the head, neck, and 

 middle of the back, being clear black, and the upper furfaces of the wing and tail quills having a vio- 

 let tinge. This bird is very rare even in Sweden ; Dr Gmelin does not mention its fize, but fufpec"ts 

 it may belong to the Raven fpecies ; Mr Latham ranks it as a variety of the Carrion Crow, and fays 

 it is of the fame fize with it. 



599 4. Southern Crow. — 4. Corvus aujtra'tis. 21. 



Is black, with brownifh-black wings ; the feathers of the chin being loofe* 



C. auftralis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 151. n. 2. — South-fea Raven. Lath. fyn. i. 369. n. 2. Cook, laft 

 voy. i. 109.? 



Inhabits 



