ClafsIL CROW. 167 



the rage of Ahah *. The raven is a very docil bird« 

 may be taught to fpeak, and fetch and carry. In 

 clear weather they fly in pairs a great height, making 

 a deep loud noife, different from the common croak- 

 ing. Their fcent is remarkably good j and their life 

 prolonged to a great fpace. 



II. The C R O W. 



La Corneille. Belon a'v. z^i. La Corneille. Bri/fon a'v. 12. 



Comix, (Krae) Gefner a-v. 320. Corvus corone. Lin.fyft.\^<^^ 



Cornice, Cornacchio.^/i3'r. flf. i. Faun. Suec. 86. 



369. Krage. Br. 30. 



Wil. orn. 122. Br. Zoo I. 75. 

 Raiijyn. av. 39." 



THE crow in the form of its body agrees with 

 the raven ; alfo in its food, which is carrion 

 and other filth. It will alfo eat grain and infeds ; and 

 like the raven will pick out the eyes of young lambs 

 when juft dropped : for which reaibn it was formerly 

 diilinguifhed from the rook, which feeds entirely on 

 grain and infefts, by the name of the^(?r or gorecrow% 

 thus Ben John/on in his Fox, a5l I. fcene 2. 



Vulture, kite. 

 Raven and gpr-crovj, all my birds of prey. 



England breeds more birds of this tribe than any 

 ether country in Europe. In the twenty-fourth of 

 HenryYlW. they v/ere grown fo numerous and thought 

 fo prejudicial to the farmer, as to be confidered an 

 evil worthy parlementary redrefs : an a6l was paf- 



• I Kings 1 7, 



fed 



