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THE RAVEN. 
( Cor mis corax, Lin. Wilson, ix. p. 113. pi. 75. fig. 3. Philacl. Muse- 
um, No. 175.) 
Sp. Chakact. — Black; back glossed with bluish purple; tail much 
rounded extending far beyond the wings : 3d primary longest : 
(length about 26 inches.) 
The sable Raven lias been observed and described from 
the earliest times, and is a resident of almost every coun- 
try in the world ; but is more particularly abundant in 
the western than the eastern parts of the United States. 
This ominous bird has been generally despised and fear- 
ed by the superstitious, even more than the nocturnal 
Owl, though he prowls abroad in open day. He may be 
