16 CROW. 



offal and shell-fish; but will be content with insects, seeds, and berries; 

 on the Continent they are alike migratory; in Carniola,* and in Swe- 

 den, where they breed, as well as in the south parts of Germany ; 

 in the woods of the Islands of the Danube ;f and is probably the 

 species mentioned by Fryer,J as inhabiting Ispahan, in Persia, and 

 has been brought from the Philippine Islands, by M. Sonnerat ; is 

 common throughout Russia and Siberia, but not beyond the Lena. 

 Migrates to Woronesck, and passes the winter there ; grows very 

 large beyond the Ob, and often varies to intense blackness ;§ found 

 also at Aleppo, and about the Lake Baikal, probably extending to 

 other parts of Asia ; as I have been informed, that in some parts of 

 India they are common, and so bold, as to snatch the food from the 

 dishes, while the servants are carrying them across the Court-yard ;|| 

 not unfrequent on the West Coast of Africa.** It is said, that the 

 propagation of the cinnamon tree is owing to Crows, but what species 

 is uncertain ; these birds eat the quick-tasted, and red fruit of this 

 tree,- and swallowing the kernels with the fruit, scatter them every 

 where with their excrements ; on this account, none dare shoot a 

 Crow, under a severe penalty, ft Independent of the Black Variety 

 near the River Ob, we know of no other, except one mentioned by 

 M. Schrank, which had the two mandibles curved across each other, 

 as in the Cross-bill. XX 



* Scop. Ann. Hist. i. p. 25. f Kram. el. 333. 



X The Crows here are like our Royston Crows, grey on their backs and wings — Fryer's 



Trav. p. 318. § Arct. Zool 



|| Mr. Pennant. This is among Gen. Hardwicke's drawings, but painted of a less size. 



** Life and Adventures of Christian Wolf. Mem. This circumstance is attributed ta 



the White Nutmeg-Pigeon. 



tt Captain Tuckey met with them in his voyage up the River Congo. 



%% See Schrift. der Berl. Nat. iii. s. 119. tab. iv. fig. 10. 



