. Wilson's American ornithology, with notes by Jardine. To which is added a synopsis of American birds, including those described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson, by Brewer. Birds; 1854. KAVEN. 673 RAVEK â CORVUS CORAX. âFia. Turt. Syst. 1, 218, âKorp. Faun. Siit'c. No. 8j.â Faun. GroenL p. 62. â Leems, 240. â Le Corbeau, De Buff. v. 16. Fl enl. No. 495. â Briss. ii. 8. â Penn. Br. Zool. 1, No. 14,. â Arct. Zool. No. \^. â Lath. 1, 36T.âBewick. 1, 100.â Raii Syn. p. 39. â Will. Om. p. 121, pi. 13.âAlbin, ii. pi. 20. âCorvus car- nivorus, Bartram, p. 290. â Peate's Mit
. Wilson's American ornithology, with notes by Jardine. To which is added a synopsis of American birds, including those described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson, by Brewer. Birds; 1854. KAVEN. 673 RAVEK â CORVUS CORAX. âFia. Turt. Syst. 1, 218, âKorp. Faun. Siit'c. No. 8j.â Faun. GroenL p. 62. â Leems, 240. â Le Corbeau, De Buff. v. 16. Fl enl. No. 495. â Briss. ii. 8. â Penn. Br. Zool. 1, No. 14,. â Arct. Zool. No. \^. â Lath. 1, 36T.âBewick. 1, 100.â Raii Syn. p. 39. â Will. Om. p. 121, pi. 13.âAlbin, ii. pi. 20. âCorvus car- nivorus, Bartram, p. 290. â Peate's Mitseum, No. 175. CORVUS CORMX.â Corvus corax, Bonap, Synop. p. 56. - Om. Diet, and Supp. p. 67. â F^em. Br. Anim. p. 87. â Raveu, Mont. - Selby, lllust. Br. Om. pi. 27. A KNOWLEDGE of this Celebrated bird has been handed down to us from the earliest ages; and its history is almost coeval with that of man. In the best and most ancient of all books, we learn, that at the end of forty days, after the great flood had covered the earth, Noah, wishing to ascertain whether or no the waters had abated, sent forth a Raven, which did not return into the Ark.* This is the first notice that is taken of this species. Though the Raven was declared unclean by the law of Moses, yet we are informed, that, when the prophet Elijah provoked the enmity of Ahab, by prophesying against him, and hid himself by the Brook Cherith, the Ravens were appointed by Heaven to bring him his daily food.} The color of the Raven has given rise to a similitude, in one of the most beautiful of eclogues, which has been perpetuated in all subsequent ages, and which is not less pleasing for being trite or proverbial. The favorite of the royal lover of Jerusalem, in the enthusiasm of affection, thus describes the object of her adoration, in reply to the following question: â " What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women ? " " My beloved is white a
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