i66 RAVEN. ClafsIL 



the outmoft feathers of the tail are black tipt with 

 while. Thefe bird have all the charaflers of the 

 burxher-bird ; fo, after the opinion of Mr, Edwards, 

 we place them in that genus. 



Genus IV. CROWS. 

 Species I. The RAVE N. 



LeCorbeau. Be/on av. iyg. Corvas corax. Lin. fyji. \r^^t 



Corvus. Gefner a'v. 334.. Korp. Faun. Suec. 85. 



Corvo, Corbo. J/dr. a-v. i. 343. Danijh Raun. iWt'. ICorp* 



Wil. cm. I2i. Br. 27 = 



Raiifyn.a'u. : g. Rab. Kram. ■j^'^'^. 



Le Corbeau. Bn[fon a'v, li. 8. Br. Zool. 75. 



HIS fpecies weighs three pounds ; its length 

 Defer A ^^ ^^° ^^^^ ^'*^'^ inches ; its breadth four feet; 

 the bill is ftrong and thick ; and the upper mandible 

 convex. The color of the whole bird is black, finely 

 gloffed with a rich blue ; the belly excepted, which is 

 dulky. 



Ravens build in trees, and lay five or fix eggs of a 

 pale green color marked with fmall brownifh fpots. 

 They frequent in numbers the neighbourhood of great 

 towns ; and are held in the fame fort of veneration 

 as the vukures are in Egyp^^ and for the fame rea- 

 fon ; for devouring the carcafes and fikh, that would 

 otherwife prove a nufancc. A vulgar refpeft is alfo 

 paid to the raven, as being the bird appointed by 

 heaven to feed the prophet Elijah., when he fled from 



* HaJ/elquiJl itin. 23. 



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