RAVEN. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill strong, convex, and sliarp-edged. 
Nostrils covered by reversed bristly feathers. 
Tongue cleft at the tip. 
Two of the toes connected as far as the first joint. 
CorVus Corax. C. ater, dorso atro-cserulescente, cauda subro 1 - 
tunda. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1 . p. 304. 
Black : back of a blueish black 3 tail some- 
what rounded. 
Corvus maximus. Scop. Ann. 1 . p. 34. no. 45. 
Raven. . . Buff. Birds, 3. p. 11 . pi. 58. Will. Orn. 
p. 121. t. 18. Brit. Zool. 1 . p. 218. no. 74 . 
Alb. Av. 2 . p. 19 . t. 20 . Lath. Syn. 1 . 
p. 367. no. 1. Bew. Birds, p. 68. 
Ravens will bear the extremes of heat and cold ; 
no climate comes amiss to them ; they are heard of 
from the Cape of Good Hope to Greenland, on 
the one side, and from Canada to Mexico, on the 
other. 
The raven, when domesticated, is well known for 
his pilfering and impudent qualities ; he is always 
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