79 



WSESSORES. COR VIDJE . 



CONIRUSTRES. 



PLATE CXXIV. 



RAVEN. 



CORVUS CORAX. 



Thr Raven is a bird well known in most parts of the 

 world : it is indigenous throughout Europe, but more nume- 

 rous in Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Greenland, than it is 

 in more southern countries. It is found also throughout 

 Asia, from the southern parts to Siberia and Kamtschatka. 

 It inhabits North America and Africa. 



The Raven chiefly inhabits woods and forests, from whence 

 he visits at pleasure meadows, fields, and the banks of rivers. 

 During the summer months these birds confine themselves 

 within a more limited range than in winter, at which latter 

 time they forage to a considerable distance in search of 

 food, usually returning at night to a favourite tree for their 

 rest. 



The Raven associates little with the other members of 

 its family, such as the rook and crow, with whom it appears 

 to hold no willing intercourse. It differs from the latter 

 of these, however, chiefly in size, appearing much larger 

 when on the wing than any of its tribe : on the ground also 

 its form and attitude are much more noble and com- 

 manding. 



The strength and sanguinary habits of this species are 

 pointed out in more than one passage in Scriptures for 



