BRITISH BIRDS* 
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THE HOODED CROW. 
ROYSTON CROW. 
(Corvus Comix , Lin . — Le Corneille Mantel.ee y Buff.) 
Is fomewhat larger and more bulky than the 
Rook, meafuring twenty-two inches in length, and 
twenty -three in breadth : Its bill is black, and 
two inches long ; the head, forepart of the neck* 
wings, and tail are black; the back and all the 
under parts are of a pale afh colour; the legs 
black. This bird arrives with the Woodcock, and 
on its firft coming frequents the Ihores of rivers* 
and departs in the fpring to breed in other coun- 
tries, but it is faid that they do not entirely leav£ 
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