

ORD. I. GENUS II. CROW. 
Birt, ftraight, very ftrong, and pointed. 
Nostritzs, covered with ftiff briftles. 
Toncug, divided at the end. 
Toss, three forward, and one behind. 
Lzcs, ftrong; claws very large and hooked, efpecially that of the hind toe. 
SPECIES & RAV EN. 
Pl. 32. 
Corvus Corax. Lin. Syft. I. p. 155. 
Le Corbeau. Brif. Orn. Il. p. 8. 
The raven is in length near two feet; in breadth four, from tip to tip of the 
wings; and weighs three pounds. The bill is of a dark horn colour: eyes 
dark brown: the feathers on the back and wings are of a rich glofly blue black : 
the under parts are likewife black, but more dull than the upper. 
The female is fomewhat larger than the male, but otherwife not to be diftin- 
euifhed from it. 
This fpecies is common in England, frequenting the meadows near towns 
and villages moft part of the year. It builds its neft generally in a low bufhy 
tree, ina bogey or fwampy place, in or near marfhes, and lays four or five 
eggs, but very feldom brings up more than two young ones. It is very mif- 
chievous, and frequently picks the eyes out of fickly fheep, and young lambs, 
by which means the whole carcafe foon becomes its prey. It likewife deftroys 
young ducks and chickens. 
This bird’s egg is delineated in plate VIII, at Fig. 1. 

