. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. &^ 'it il- .ill il. ^y' I Gknus XIII. CORV US. CROW. Species I. C. CORAX. RAVEN. [Plate UCXV. Fig. 3.] Gmei,. Syat. i., p. 304.—Ind. (hn. p. 150—/>« Corheau, Briss. 2, p. S, Pt var.— BuFP. Oh. 3, p. 13. PI. ml. 49.').—Temm. Man. d'Ont. p. Wl.—Raven, Lath. Gen. Syn. i., p. 3f>7. Id. sup. p. 74.—I'enn. Rrit. Zonl. No. 74. Arct. Zool. No. 134.—Sh.\w, Gen. Zool. 7, p. 341.—Bewick, i., p. 100.—Low, Fauna (hcadentU, p. 45
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. &^ 'it il- .ill il. ^y' I Gknus XIII. CORV US. CROW. Species I. C. CORAX. RAVEN. [Plate UCXV. Fig. 3.] Gmei,. Syat. i., p. 304.—Ind. (hn. p. 150—/>« Corheau, Briss. 2, p. S, Pt var.— BuFP. Oh. 3, p. 13. PI. ml. 49.').—Temm. Man. d'Ont. p. Wl.—Raven, Lath. Gen. Syn. i., p. 3f>7. Id. sup. p. 74.—I'enn. Rrit. Zonl. No. 74. Arct. Zool. No. 134.—Sh.\w, Gen. Zool. 7, p. 341.—Bewick, i., p. 100.—Low, Fauna (hcadentU, p. 45. - A of this celebrated bird bas been banded down to us from tbe ages ; and itH bistory almost coeval witb tbat of man. In tbc best and most ancient of all books, we learn, tbat at tlic end of forty , after tbe great flood bad covered tbe eartb, Noab, wisbing to ascertain wbetber or not tbe waters had abated, sent fortb a Raven, wbicb di<iasm of affection, thus describes the object of her adoration, in reply to tbc following question : " What is thy beloved more than another beloved, 0 thou fairest among women ?" " My beloved is white and ruddy, the ebiefest among ten thousand. His bead is as tbe most fine gold, Jiis locks are bushy, and black as a Haven f"X Tbo above mentioned circumstances taken into consideration, ono should that tbe lot of tbe .subject of this (bapter would have been of a different complexion from what bistory and tradition inform ua is the fact. But in every country, we are told, the Raven is con- * Genesis, viii. 7. X Song of Solomon, v. 9, 10, II. t 1 Kings, zvii. 6, 6. (116). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Canino, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, Pr
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