8(5 THE RAVEN. 



Feathers of the fore neck lanceolate and elongated; tail much rounded; 

 plumage deep black, glossed with blue and purplish-blue, the lower parts 

 with green. Young with the feathers of the throat oblong, the upper parts 

 less gloss)^, the lower dull greyish-black. 



Male, 26, 50. 



From the Highlands of South Carolina, northward to the Polar Seas. 

 Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Canada. Rocky Mountains and Columbia river. 

 Rather common in some parts. 



The Thick Shell-Bark Hickory. 



Jdglans sulcata, Pursh, Flor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 637. — J. laciniosa, Mich. Arbr. Forest. 

 de l'Amer. Sept., vol. i. p. 199, pi. 8. — Monoecia Polyandria, Linn. — Teeebinthace^c, 

 Juss. 



Leaves pinnate, with about nine obovato-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate 

 leaflets, which are downy beneath, the terminal one nearly sessile and 

 attenuated at the base; fruit roundish, with four longitudinal prominences; 

 nut nearly globular, slightly compressed, smooth, with an elongated tip. It 

 occurs from Louisiana to Massachusetts, although not, I believe, farther east- 

 ward, and also exists in the whole of the western country, as far as I have 

 travelled. It grows in almost every kind of soil, and in some parts acquires 

 a great size. When detached, it forms a fine ornament to the meadows and 

 fields. The wood, which is hard and extremely pliant, is greatly esteemed 

 for various purposes, and when kept dry is lasting. Excepting the Paean 

 nuts, none in America are considered equal to those of the present species. 

 They are generally collected after falling, late in autumn, and are abundant 

 in most of our markets, large quantities being shipped to Europe. 



