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CLARK’S CROW. 
measurement of the only preserved skin that was saved ; and 
which is now deposited in Mr Peale’s museum. 
This bird measures thirteen inches in length ; the wings, 
the two middle tail-feathers, and the interior vanes of the 
next, (except at the tip,) are black, glossed with steel blue; 
all the secondaries, except the three next the body, are white 
for an inch at their extremities, forming a large spot of white 
on that part, when the wing is shut ; the tail is rounded ; yet 
the two middle feathers are somewhat shorter than those 
adjoining; all the rest are pure white, except as already 
described; the general colour of the head, neck, and body, 
above and below, is a light silky drab, darkening almost to a 
dove colour on the breast and belly ; vent, white ; claws, 
black, large, and hooked, particularly the middle and hind 
claw; legs, also black; bill, a dark horn colour; iris of the 
eye, unknown. 
In the state of Georgia, and several parts of West Florida, 
I discovered a Crow, not hitherto taken notice of by naturalists, 
rather larger than the present species, but much resembling 
it in the form and length of its wings, in its tail, and particu- 
larly its claws. This bird is a constant attendant along the 
borders of streams and stagnating ponds, feeding on small 
fish and lizards, which I have many times seen him seize as 
he swept along the surface. A well preserved specimen of 
this bird was presented to Mr Peale, and is now in his 
museum. It is highly probable, that, with these external 
resemblances, the habits of both may be nearly alike. 
