




Orp Hh. CEN+<IL CRON: 
SPE. I. COMMON CROW. 
Ph 33. 
Corvus corone. Lin, Syft. I. p. 155. 
La Corneille. Brif. Orn. Il. p. 12. 
The crow is very like the raven in its general appearance, but much lefs in 
fize, being in length not more than eighteen inches, breadth twenty-fix, and in 
weight only one pound and a quarter. The feathers on the upper parts are of 
a fine violet black colour; the under parts are black, but lefs glofly. 
This is a common fpecies in England, and is equally deftructive with the ra- 
ven to fheep, lambs, and poultry ; particularly at the time when it has young 
ones to feed in the neft. It likewife devours carrion, infects, and fruit, and 
frequents the fea fhores for fhell fith and crabs. Its neft is built in high trees, 
moftly in or near woods, and it lays four eggs, for which fee Pl. VIII. Fig. 2. 




