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IV. CROW. 
The Raven. 
DESCRIP. 
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RA’ VY. EC NV eee 
Strait ftrong BILL: NOSTRILS covered with 
briftles reflected down. Outmoft TOE clofely 
connected to the middle toe as far as the firft 
joint. 
Le Corbeau. Belu av. 279. Velch oru. Scopeli, No. 35. 
Corvus. Gefner av. 334. Corvus corax. Liz. /yf?. 155. 
Corvo, Corbo. Ald. av. I. Korp. Faun. Suec. 85. 
343- Danifh Raun. Norv. Korp. 
Wil. orn. 121. sy gale 
Raii fyn. av. 39. Rab. Kram. 333. Frifch, I. 
Le Corbeau. Brifon av. I. 8. 6 
2. 
Br. Zool. 75. Hift. d’ Oys. 
iT, 38 
HIS fpecies weighs three pounds: its length 
is two feet two inches: its breadth four feet: 
the bill is ftrong and thick ; and the upper mandi- 
ble convex. The color of the whole bird is black, 
finely gloffed with a rich blue; the belly excepted, 
which is dufky. 
Ravens build in trees, and lay five or fix eggs 
of a pale green color marked with fmall brownifh 
{pots. They frequent in numbers the neighbor- 
hood of great towns; and are held in the fame 
fort of veneration as the vultures are in Egypt*, 
* Haffelquift itin. 23. 
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