. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. i. fig. '.\. I'liilud. Muse- uiiih iiurpli*; tuil much : 'M primary lorigesti and described from almost every coun- ularly iiluindant in tiie United States. dofji; d a:id fear- tlian tht, 11 intrrnal in f'' !'â ' 1' II be H WKN. 30» cnnMidfri'd iix lioldjni; a rclatiim to llic I 'l-s of prey, leod- injj not only on ciirrion, but, occu« Hci/ing on weakly innibft, yoiuijj liaren, or rabbitu, and Mt-enis indeed to j{ive a prnferrnce to uniinal food ; lint, at the came time, he is able to livi&g
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. i. fig. '.\. I'liilud. Muse- uiiih iiurpli*; tuil much : 'M primary lorigesti and described from almost every coun- ularly iiluindant in tiie United States. dofji; d a:id fear- tlian tht, 11 intrrnal in f'' !'â ' 1' II be H WKN. 30» cnnMidfri'd iix lioldjni; a rclatiim to llic I 'l-s of prey, leod- injj not only on ciirrion, but, occu« Hci/ing on weakly innibft, yoiuijj liaren, or rabbitu, and Mt-enis indeed to j{ive a prnferrnce to uniinal food ; lint, at the came time, he is able to livi> on nil kind^ of fruits :iud >,'riiin, um well aH iiKii'ctn, ciirtli-worins, men ilcad lish, anil in addition to nil, is particularly fond of ojtkm, m that no animal '^^'enlH nior' inily omnivorous than the Ttaven, If wo take into connidcrafion his iudisrriuiinatiiij^ vofiu iiy, sombre livery, discordant (roiikin;^ cry, with his ignoble, wild, and funereal aspect, we need not be surprised, that in times of if|noruuce and error, ho siiould bav«' been so >;eneraily roKardcd as an object of disgust and fear. He stood pretMiinent in the list of sinister bir«ls, or those whose only |)remoniiion was the uiniouncin^r of niisforiun- itants of the nir, is bounded by an instinciive feeling of the changes which are about to happen in the atmosphere, and which he has the faculty of announcing by certain cries and actions produced by these external impressions. In the southern provinces of Sweden, as Linniuus re- marks, when the sky Is serene, the Raven flies very high, and utters a hollow sound, like the word clang, which is heard to a great distance. Sometimes he has been seen in this midst of a thunder storm, with the electric fire. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 17
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