*S2 CARRION CROW. Class II. 



England breeds more birds of this tribe than 

 any other country in Europe. In the twenty- 

 fourth of Henry VIII. they were grown so nu- 

 merous, and thought so prejudicial to the far- 

 mer, as to be considered an evil worthy of par- 

 lementary redress : an act was passed for their 

 destruction, in which rooks and choughs were 

 included. Every hamlet was to provide crow 

 nets for ten years, and all the inhabitants were 

 obliged at certain times to assemble during that 

 period to consult the properest method of extir- 

 pating them. 



Though the crow abounds in our country, yet 

 in Sweden it is so rare, that LinncEiis mentions 

 it only as a bird that he once knew killed there. 



Crows lay the same number of eggs as the 

 raven, and of the same color : immediately after 

 deserting their young, they go in pairs. Both 

 these birds are often found white, or pied ; an 

 accident that befals black birds more frequently 

 than those of any other color. I have also seen 

 one entirely of a pale brown color, not only in 

 its plumage, but even in its bill and feet. The 

 crow weighs about twenty ounces. Its length is 

 eighteen inches ; its breadth two feet two inches. 



They come from Hungary into Italy in 

 March, and re-migrate in flocks in October; 

 many remain during the winter. 



