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CARRION CROW. 



Corvus Corone. C. sesquipedalis ater c(eruleO'?titens, cauda 



rotmdata, rectridbus acutis. 

 Black Crow about eighteen inches in length, glossed with blue j 



the tail rounded and composed of pointed feathers. 

 Corvus Corone. C. atro-ccerulescens totus, cauda rotmdata, 



rectricibus acutis. Lin, Syst. Nat, 

 La Corneille. Bvff. ois. 



The Carrion Crow. Will. orn. Penn. Lath. 8fC, 



In general appearance and colour this species 

 resembles the Raven, but is of smaller size, mea- 

 suring only eighteen inches in length: its manners 

 are also similar to those of the Raven. The female 

 differs in being of a less glossy or brilliant black 

 colour. The Varieties of the Crow are analogous 

 to those of the Raven. Though common in many 

 parts of Europe, yet in Sweden the Crow appears, 

 from the testimony of Linnaeus, to be almost un- 

 known. It occurs in most parts of the American 

 Continent. 



CHATTERING CROW. 



Corvus Jamaicensis. C. toto corpore artubusque nigris. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



Crow entirely of a deep black colour. 



Chattering Crow. Shane's Jamaica, vol. 2. p. 2Q8. Lath. syn. 



Native of Jamaica: so similar to the common 

 European or Carrion Crow as scarce to differ in 

 outward appearance ; length eighteen inches : fre- 



T. VII p. II. 2.3 



