WHITE-BREASTED CROW. 349 



black: the bill and legs are also black: in its 

 manners it resembles both the Crow and Rook; 

 assembling in flocks, and feeding on grain, worms, 

 and insects; but occasionally on carrion and other 

 prey: it is an inhabitant of many parts of Europe, 

 but in England is migratory, visiting the island in 

 the early part of winter, and departing in the 

 spring. It is observed to be much more common 

 in the northern than in the southern parts of the 

 island. 



WHITE-BREASTED CROW. 



Corvus Dauricus. C. ater, nucha canescente, cervice pectoreque 



albis. Lath, ind, orrit 

 Black Crow, with greyish nape, and white neck and breast. 

 White-Breasted Crow. Lath. syn. 

 Corvus Dauricus. Fall, it, 3. p. 6q4. 



Size of a Jackdaw, measuring twelve inches or 

 more in length : varies as to the degree of white- 

 ness on the neck and breast, which are sometimes 

 rather cinereous, and the abdomen in some is of 

 similar colour also. Native of many parts of Asia 

 and Africa, living on fruits and insects, and often 

 assembling in vast flocks, and migrating from one 

 district to another. Sometimes, according to Le- 

 vaillant, this species associates with other birds of 

 tlie genus, in order to devour carrion, &c. The 

 female differs in being rather smaller, and of duller 

 colours. 



