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RAVEN. 
beria, except within the Arctic circle and all through Europe. 
Kolben enumerates the Raven among the birds of the Cape of 
Good Hope De Grandpre represents it as numerous in Bengal, 
where they are said to be protected for their usefulness ;t and the 
unfortunate La Perouse saw them at Saie de Castries, on the east 
coast of Tartary; likewise at Port des Francois, 58 37 north lati- 
tude, and 139 50 west longitude; and at Monterey Bay, north 
California.^ The English circumnavigators met with them at 
Nootka Sound ;ll and at the Sandwich Islands, two being seen in 
the village of Kakooa ; also at Owhyhee, and supposed to be adored 
there, as they were called Eatoos.T^ Our intrepid American tra- 
vellers, under the command of Lewis and Clark, shortly after they 
embarked on the river Columbia, saw abundance of Ravens, which 
were attracted thither by the immense quantity of dead salmon 
which lined the shores.** They are found at all seasons at Hud- 
son’s Bay ;tt are frequent in Mexico and it is more than probable 
that they inhabit the whole continent of America. 
The Raven measures from the tip of the bill to the end of 
the tail twenty-six inches, and is four feet in extent ; the bill is 
large and strong, of a shining black, notched near the tip, and 
three inches long, the setaceous feathers which cover the nostrils 
extend half its length ; the eyes are black ; the general colour is a 
deep glossy black, with steel-blue reflections ; the lower parts are 
less glossy; the tail is rounded, and extends about two inches be- 
yond the wings ; the legs are two inches and a half in length, and, 
with the feet, are strong and black ; the claws are long. 
^ Latham, f Medley’s Kolben, vol. ii, p. 136. 
J Voy. in the Indian Ocean, p. 148. 
^ Voy. par I. F. G. De la Perouse, ii, p. 129, 203, 443. 
II Cook’s last voy. ii, p. 236. Am, cd. If Idem, iii, p. 329, 
Gass’s Journal, p. 153.^ ft Charlevoix. Kalm. Hearne’s Journey. 
Xt Fernandez. 
