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The common or carrion Crow. Cornix. 



Numb. XXL. 



IT S Weight was one Pound five Ounces ; Length from the Tip of the Bill to the 

 End of the Tail was nineteen Inches; its Breadth, when the Wings were ex- 

 tended, three Foot four Inches ; the Bill ftrong, thick, ftreight ; from the Tip to the 

 Angles of the Mouth, two Inches and almoft an half long ; the lower Mandible be- 

 ing fomewhat fhorter; the Tongue cleft, and as it were jagged or torn; the Eyes 

 large having the Irides of a hazel Colour ; the Noftrils round, covered with black 

 Briftles rcfleded towards the End of the Bill ; rhe Plumage of the whole Body is 

 black ; the beam leathers in each Wing are in Number twenty ; whereof the firfl is 

 ihorter than the fecond, the fecond than the third, that than the fourth, which is 

 the longeft of all, being by Meafure ten Inches and three quarters ; the inner of 

 thefe Feathers; end in Iharp Points. 



The Tail was feven Inches and a half long, compofcd of twelve Feathers of equal 

 Length; the Legs, and Feet black j the Claws black and ftrong; the outmoft fore Toe 

 is joined to the middle one, from the bottom as far as the firft Joint. 



The Liver is divided into two Lobes, of which the right is the biggefl: : It hath 

 a large Gall, which empties it felf by a double Channel into the Guts ; the Muf- 

 clcs of the Stomach are but fmall j the Guts have many Revolutions ; the blind 

 Gut no more than half an Inch long. 



This Bird delights to feed upon Carrion, that is the CarcafTes of dead Animals 

 when they begin to putrify, neither doth it feed only upon Carrion, but alfo ^zt upon, 

 kill, and devour living Birds, in like manner as the Raven j it alfo eats Grain and 

 all forts of In feds in England at leaft, for beyond Seas, they fay, it meddles with 

 no Kind of Grain, 



They build on high Trees, and lay four or five Eggs at a Time. They are noi- 

 fome to Lambs new yeaned if they be weak and feeble, firft picking out their Eyes; 

 they are faid to have a very fagacious Scent, which makes them difficult to be Ihot, 

 they fmelling the Gunpowder at a great Diftance. 



The Liver and Heart of the Crow is a moft excellent remedy for the Falling 

 Sicknefs, being dryed and given in Powder to the Quantity of a Scruple, with black 

 cherry Water, fwcetned with Syrup of Pionies, at the Full and New Moon, three 

 Days before and three Days after ^ I was credibly informed by the Lady Trevor, 

 of the Cure of a Gentlewoman in my Lord's Family, which had the falling Sicknefs 

 fome Years, and was cured with this Remedy. 



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