CORVINE. 
These birds are found in most parts of the globe. Some remain stationary within a certain district, while others 
Migrate from place to place on the change of season. They are generally observed in flocks, in cultivated places, seeking 
carrion, or worms, grubs, caterpillars, small animals, and the eggs and young of birds, which they destroy in gieat 
numbers. Some species are more commonly noticed on the sea shore searching for dead fish, which the waves 
continually cast up ; in such places they also find shell-fish, which they carry high into the air, and drop on the rocks 
’ n 01 'fler to break the shells. They are extremely fond of all kinds of cultivated vegetables, to which they aie veiy 
destructive. Their cries are hoarse and discordant, especially during their first flight in the morning before they scatter 
themselves into smaller flocks in search of their food ; and again on their reassembling in the evening, and while each 
pair are selecting their separate roosting-places. The nest is generally built in society, on the topmost blanches of the 
lofty trees ; it is composed outwardly of sticks, moss, and small pieces of bark cemented together with moist eaith , 
and the interior is usually lined with horse-hair and some wool, whereon the female deposits four eggs. 
■ C. corax Linn. PI. enl. 495. — Covvus maximus Scop. Gould, 
Ik °f Eur. p], 220. ; C. clericus Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 2., Wils. 
Am ' 0rn - Pi- 75. f. 3., Audub. B. of Atner. pi. 101. 
2- ? C. leucognaplialus Daud. Tr. d'Orn. ii. p. 231. 
3. ? C. leucophcBus Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. viii. p. 27-, Gal. 
es *”k s ’ 100. — Corvus borealis albus Briss. App. vi. p. 33. t. 2. 
' ’ C> leucomelas Wagl. 
4. C. major Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. viii. p. 27-, Be 
adk Ois. d’Afr. t. 51. — Corvus corax Daud.; C. montanus 
Temm.. 
5- L. cacalotl Wagl. Isis, 1831. p.527. — Corvus splendens 
Gould; c. nobilis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837- p- 79- i C. vociferus 
f 
6- C. macrorhynchus Temm. Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 36. f. 2. — 
° rvus corax Bajjl. ; C. culminatus Sykes. 
7. C. corone Linn. PI. enl. 483., Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 221., 
1 s - Amer. Orn. pi. S5. f. 3. — Corvus americanus Audub. B. of 
ller - pi. 156, ; Type of Corone Kaup (1829). 
8- C. affinis Rupp. Faun. Abyss, t. 10. f. 2. 
J- C. australis Gmel. — Fregilus enca Horsf. ? 
10. C. coroneo'ides Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 26l. 
.11* C ’ °ssifragus Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 37. f. 2. Audub. B. of Amer. 
Pk 14.5. 
12. C. 
nasicus Temm. PI. col. 413. 
13. C .frugilegus Linn. PI. enl. 484.— Corvus corone Linn. 
Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 224. ; Type of Frugilegus Less. 
14. ? C. pastinator Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1845. p. 
15. C. capensis Licht. Le Vaill. Ois. d Air. t. 52. Corvus 
segetum Temm. ; C. macropterus Wagl. ; C. Le Vadlantn Less. 
Riipp. Faun. 1. 10. f. 3. act „ 
16. C. monedula Linn. PI. enl. 523., Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 223. 
— Monedula turrium Br. ; Type of Lycos Boie (1826). 
17. C. spermolegus Vieill. N. Diet, d Hist. Nat. viii. p. 40., 
Frisch. Av. t. 68., PI. enl. 522. — Monedula nigra Briss. 
18. C. cornix Linn. PI. enl. 76., Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 222. 
19. C. splendens Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. viii. p. 44., PL col, 
~20. C. columbianus Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 20. f. 2., Audub. B. of 
Amer. pi. 362. f. 45. 
21. C. dauricus Pall. It. iii. p. 694., Lath. Syn.of B. 1. pi. 15.— 
C. capitalis Wagl. ; C. peetoralis Gould. 
22. C. scapulatus Daud. Tr. dOrn. ii. p. 232., Pi* en • •» 
Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 53. 
23. ? C. leuconotus Swains. B. of W. Afr. pi. 5. 
24. ? C. curvirostris Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 18. 
25. C. cafer Licht. — Corvus albicollis Lath., Daud. ; C. vultu- 
rinus Shaw, Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 50. ; Corvus crassirostris Riipp ■ 
Faun. t. 8. ; Type of Corvultur Less. (1831). 
Gymnocorvus Less.* 
hiU strong, with the culmen slightly arched to the tip, which is entire ; the sides compiessed f 
base . the lateral margins curved, and the gonys short and ascending ; the nostrils lateral, with the 
opening large, rounded, and exposed. Wings long and pointed, with the third quill the longest. Tad 
lon «. and rounded at its end. Tarsi moderate, and covered with broad scales. Toes moderate and 
It is in New Guinea that the bird which constitutes this genus was found. 
G. senex (Gam.) — Corvus tristis Less. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 24. 
* Established by M. Lesson (Tr. d'Ornith. p.327.) in 1831 
