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CROW. 



66 —CINEREOUS CROW. 



Corvus Canadensis, Ind. Orn. i. 160. Lin. i. 158. Gm. Lin. i. 376. Daud. ii. 250: 



Shaw's Zool. vii. 365. Amer. Orn. iii. pi. 21. f. 1. 

 Garrulus Canadensis fuscus, Br is. ii. 54. t. 4. f. 2. Id. 8vo. 1. 170. 

 Geay brun de Canada, Sufi. ISA. 117. PI. enl. 530. 

 Cinereous Crow, Gen. Sy«. i. 389. Id. Sup. ii. 112. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 137. Ph. 



Trans, lxii. 386. 



LESS than the Jay, length ten inches and half; breadth fifteen ; 

 weight two ounces and a half. Bill blackish ; irides dark hazel ; 

 forehead and throat dirty yellowish white ; hind head and sides 

 blackish brown ; neck whitish ; upper parts of the body, wings, and 

 tail brown, the last somewhat cuneiform, and tipped with white ; 

 under parts of the body pale ash, lighter coloured on the breast ; 

 legs blackish. 



Male and female much alike. The plumage of this species, 

 especially about the head, is very soft, and loose- webbed, and so full, 

 as to prove a very warm covering. 



Inhabits Canada, and breeds there early in the spring, chiefly in 

 the pine trees ; laying three or four blue eggs, and the young fly in 

 May ; is not gregarious ; feeds on moss, worms, and flesh ; mostly 

 seen in pairs throughout the year ; are bold, pilfering birds, stealing 

 from the traveller even salted meat ; devour the baits from the traps 

 set for the Martins ; said to lay up stores for the winter, when they 

 approach habitations; do not bear confinement well, nor are the 

 natives desirous of it, as they detest the bird. The natural note said 

 to be like that of the Baltimore Oriole ; and like our Jay, it will 

 imitate others, so as to deceive many ; very frequent about Hudson's 

 Bay, and known there by the name of Whiskijohn, and Whiskijack ; 

 seen more often on the ground than on trees ; is for the most part 

 solitary, being rare to meet with two or three together. 



