Glafs II.] 
BIRDS. 
ters long: the two middle feathers of the tail are 
longeft, the others gradually Ihorten on each fide : 
the outmoft of which are of a deep orange color. 
The legs are black. 
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The female wants the black mark on each 
cheek, and the fine flefh color on the bread;: 
the crown of the head is of a brownifh ruft color 
fpotted with black ; the outmoft feathers of the 
tail are black tipt with white. Thefe birds have 
all the characters of the butcher-bird; fo, after 
the opinion of Mr. Edwards , we place them in 
that genus. 
GENUS IV, CROWS. 
SPECIES I. 
fVil. orn. 12i. 
Rail fyn. av. 39. 
BriJJon av. 2. 8. 
f If ^ HIS fpecies weighs three pounds, 
i its length is two feet two inches : its 
breadth four feet ; the bill is ftrong 
and thick ; and the upper mandible convex. 
The color of the whole bird is black, finely 
glolfed with a rich blue ; the belly excepted, 
which is dufky. 
Ravens build in trees, and lay five or fix eggs 
of a pale green color marked with fmall brownifh 
fpots. They frequent in numbers the neighbour¬ 
hood of great towns ; and are held in the fame 
The Raven. 
Corvus corax. 
Geft’cr av. 334. 
Lin.fyft. 105. 
fort of veneration as the vultures are in Egypt *, 
and for the fame reafon ; for devouring the car- 
caffes, and filth that would otherwife prove a nu- 
fance. A vulgar refpeCt is alfo paid to the raven, 
as being the bird appointed by heaven to feed the 
prophet Elijah , when he fed from the rage of 
Ahab j. The raven is a very docil bird, may 
be taught to fpeak, and fetch and carry. In clear 
weather they fly in pairs a great height, making 
a deep loud noife, different from the common 
croaking. Their fcent is remarkably good ; and 
their life prolonged to a great fpace. 
* Hajfelquift. it in. 23. 
-f 1 Kings 17. 
SPECIES 
JVil orn. 122. 
Rail fyn. av. 39. 
Brijfon av. 12. 
H E crow in the form of its body and 
1 bill agrees with the raven j alfo in its 
-S- food, which is carrion and other filth. 
It will alfo eat grain and infeCls; and like the 
raven will pick out the eyes of young lambs when 
juft dropped : for which reafon it was formerly 
diftinoruifhed from the rook, which feed entirely on 
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grain and infers, by the name of the gor or gore- 
crow j thus Bcnjohnfon in his Fox y aci i.fcene 2. 
II. The Crow. 
Corvus corone. Lin. Jyft. 105. 
Cornix. Gefner av. 320. 
Vulture, Kite, 
Raven and gor-crow, all my birds of prey. 
It lays the fame number of eggs as the Raven, 
and of the ftme color : both thefe birds are often 
found white or pied ; an accident that befalls 
black birds more frequently than any others. 
The crow weighs about twenty ounces. Its 
length eighteen inches : its breadth two feet two 
inches. SPECIES 
