CORVIDiE. ' 291 



DESCRIPTION 

 Of a male, killed at Fort Franklin, in March, 1826. 



Colour black, with a greenish tint on the upper plumage, and reflecting purple and steel- 

 blue : the ventral aspect is less glossy. Bill and/ee£ black. Irides dark chestnut-brown. 



Form. — Nasal feathers half the length of the bill. Tail considerably rounded, and about 

 two inches longer than the wings. Length, 26 inches ; weight, 40 ounces. 



A pied individual was killed on the south branch of the Mackenzie, from a flock of the 

 common sort. Its neck, fore part of the back, and part of the wings were grey ; the rest of 

 its plumage black. 



[94.] 2. Corvus corone. (Linn.) The Crow. 



Genus, Corvus, Linn. 



Carrion Crow. Penn. Aret. Zool., ii., p. 246, No. 135. 

 Crow (Corvus corone). Wils., iv., p. 79, pi. 35, f. 5. 

 Haw-haw-sew. Cree Indians. 



This Crow, which resides in considerable numbers in the United States the 

 whole year, is seen in the interior of the fur-countries in summer only, and does 

 not go beyond the fifty-fifth parallel of latitude, nor approach within five or 

 six hundred miles of Hudson's Bay*. 



DESCRIPTION 



Of a male, killed on the Saskatchewan plains, 21st June, 1827. 



Colour black : with violet reflections from the back, neck, shoulders, flanks, breast, outer 

 and inner wing coverts, and exterior webs of the quill feathers; tips of the quills, the throat, 

 and belly brownish. Bill and legs shining black. Irides hazel or dark wood-brown. 



Form. — Bristly feathers incumbent on the bill for one-third of its length. Fourth quill 

 the longest, fifth almost equalling it. Tail moderately rounded, an inch and a quarter 

 longer than the wings. 



Dimensions 

 Of the male. 

 Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. 



Length total . . 19 Length of bill to rictus . 2 1 Length of middle nail . 7 



„ of tail . .76 „ of tarsus . .21 „ of hind toe . . 9A 



„ of wing 12 „ of middle toe . 1 3J „ of its nail . .0 8 



„ of bill above . .1 10 



No difference, either in size or plumage, in the sexes. 



* According to Oedman, it does not go to the northward of Nordcopin, in Sweden, lat. 58|°. — Penn., Arct. Zool., 

 ii., p. 61, Append. 



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