26 crow. 



of rocks, of sticks, lined with hair, and lays four or five white eggs, 

 bigger than those of a Jackdaw, spotted with yellow, or pale brown,* 

 weighing three drams and a half.t 



I do not see it mentioned as a bird of France, but is not uncom- 

 mon in the Alps and Carinthia : J migrates into Lower Egypt, 

 towards the end of the inundation of the Nile, in September and 

 October :§ is seen about all high rocks of the south latitude of Siberia, 

 and Mount Caucasus, the mountains of Persia,|| and the Island of 

 Caudia ;## also common on the Northern Alps and Switzerland ; feeds 

 on juniper berries; roots corn out of the ground; feeds, too, on insects, 

 as locusts, &c. ft does not migrate with us in England, at any season ; 

 is a greedy, restless, and clamorous bird, fearing neither dog nor 

 wolf: in general imitates the Jackdaw in manners ; is thievish, fond 

 of glitter, and dangerous to be kept tame, as it has been known to 

 catch up lighted sticks, whereby houses have been set on fire. 



16.— HERMIT CROW. 



Corvus Eremita, Ind. Orn. i. 166. Lin. i. 159. Gm. Lin. i. 3. 377. Borowsck. ii. 



107. t. 71. 9. B. Daud. ii. 254. Bechst . ii. 470. t. 17. Shaw's Zool. vii. 382. 

 Coracia cristata, Bris. ii. 6. Id. 8vo. i. 155. 

 Corvus sylvaticus, Gesner. pi. in p. 309. Will. 306. Gerin. ii. t. 252 ? Johnst. Av. 



pi. 47. f. 3. 

 TJpupa montana, Klein. Av. 111. 

 Goracias hupe, Buf. iii. p. 9. 



Wood Crow from Switzerland, Alb. iii. pi. 16. Will. Engl. 396. 

 Hermit Crow, Gen. Syn.i. 303. Id. Sup. ii. 115. 



SIZE of a Hen. Bill long, pointed, bent and red ; head crested, 

 dusky yellow, streaked with red ; plumage in general black, glossed 

 with green; tail short ; legs dull red. 



* Smutty-coloured, Bechstein. f. Col. Montagu. J Scopoli. § Hasselquist. 



|| At Jerom, the bills and feet (of the crows) are as red as vermilion. 

 ** Belon. Obs. p. 17. 



ft Scopoli says, they sometimes come down in the low meadows by hundreds, in the 

 latter hay time, for this purpose. 



