
ORD. I. ‘GEN. Ih-'’ CROW. 
SPE. IV. GREY CROW. 
Pl. 35; 

Corvus cornix. Lin. Sy. I. p. 156. 
La corneille mantelée. Bri/. Orn. Il. p. 19: 
This bird weighs about two pounds, is in length twenty-two inches, and 
nearly three feet in breadth. The bill is black; the eyes are dark brown: the 
head, part of the neck, throat, wings, and tail, are of a glofly black colour: the 
back, breaft, and belly, are afh-coloured grey: the legs black, and more flen- 
der than in the common crow. 
This fpecies vifits the fouthern parts of England in the winter feafon in tole- 
rable plenty. With us it refides chiefly in marfhes. In manner of life it 
greatly refembles the raven, being deftructive to fheep and lambs, and fond of 
carrion, It breeds in Scotland and Ireland, remaining there the whole year. 
Thefe birds that migrate to us moft probably come from the more northern 
parts of Europe. It builds on lofty trees, and fometimes lays five or fix eggs; 
for which fee Pl, IX. Fig. 1. 




