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THE RAVEN. 
Feathers of the fore neck lanceolate and elongated ; tail much rounded ; 
plumage deep black, glossed with blue and purplish blue, the lower parts 
with green. Young with the feathers of the throat oblong, the upper 
parts less glossy, the lower dull greyish-black. 
Male, 26, 50. 
From the Highlands of South Carolina, northward to the Polar Seas. 
Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Canada. Rocky Mountains and Columbia 
river. Rather common in some parts. 
The Thick Shell-Bark Hickory. 
Jug lans sulcata, Pursh, Flor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 637. — J. laciniosa, Mich. Arbr. 
Forest, de l’Amer. Sept., vol. i. p. 199, pi. 8. — Moncecia Polyandria, Linn — 
Terebinthaceae, Jitss. 
Leaves pinnate, with about nine obovato-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate 
leaflets, which are downy beneath, the terminal one nearly sessile and 
attenuated at the baso ; fruit roundish, Avith four longitudinal prominences ; 
nut nearly globular, slightly compressed, smooth, with an elongated tip. 
It occurs from Louisiana to Massachusetts, although not, I believe, farther 
eastward, and also exists in the whole of the western country, as far as I 
have travelled. It grows in almost every kind of soil, and in some parts 
acquires a great size. When detached, it forms a fine ornament to the 
meadows and fields. The wood, which is hard and extremely pliant, is 
greatly esteemed for various purposes, and when kept dry is lasting. 
Excepting the Pecan nuts, none in America are considered equal to those 
of the present species. They are generally collected after falling, late in 
autumn, and are abundant in most of our markets, large quantities being 
shipped to Europe. . 
