. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE HOODED CEOW. CORVUS CORNIX. Head throat, wings, and tail black, the rest of the plumage ash-grey; tail rounded; beak and feet black; iris brown. Length nineteen and a half inches; breadth three feet two inches. Eggs bluish green, mottled with ash- grey and olive. The Hooded Crow closely resembles the Carrion Crow, scarcely differing from it in fact except in colour. They are however perfectly distinct species, and for the most part exercise their calling in separate haunts. In Norway Hooded Crows are very abundant, to the almost total exclu- sion of
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE HOODED CEOW. CORVUS CORNIX. Head throat, wings, and tail black, the rest of the plumage ash-grey; tail rounded; beak and feet black; iris brown. Length nineteen and a half inches; breadth three feet two inches. Eggs bluish green, mottled with ash- grey and olive. The Hooded Crow closely resembles the Carrion Crow, scarcely differing from it in fact except in colour. They are however perfectly distinct species, and for the most part exercise their calling in separate haunts. In Norway Hooded Crows are very abundant, to the almost total exclu- sion of the Carrion Crow and Eook, and, though not con- gregating so as to form a society like the last-named bird, they may be seen simultaneously employed in searching for food in groups which collectively amount to a hundred or more. They do not appear to be constant residents in. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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