. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . much longer,and fullv rounded. The head, too, is fuller, and the l)ill proportionatelystouter with more rounded culmen. The feathers of the neck are looselyarranged, resulting in an impressive shagginess: and there is a sort of un-couthness alxuit these ancient liirds, as compared with the more dapper Crow. Ravens are unscrupulous in diet, and therefrom has arisen much of thedislike which has attached to them. They not only subsist upon insects,worms, frogs, shellfish, and ca
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . much longer,and fullv rounded. The head, too, is fuller, and the l)ill proportionatelystouter with more rounded culmen. The feathers of the neck are looselyarranged, resulting in an impressive shagginess: and there is a sort of un-couthness alxuit these ancient liirds, as compared with the more dapper Crow. Ravens are unscrupulous in diet, and therefrom has arisen much of thedislike which has attached to them. They not only subsist upon insects,worms, frogs, shellfish, and cast-up offal, init devour the eggs and young ofsea-birds ; and, when pressed by hunger, do not scruple to attack rabbits, younglambs, or seal pups. In fact, nothing fleshly and edible comes amiss to collecting along the sea-coast I once lost some sandpipers,—which I hadnot had time tO prepare the evening before—because the dark watcher wasup first. Like the Fish Crow, they hang about the Indian villages to some. NORTHERN RAVEN. THE NORTHERN RA\EN. extent, and dispnte witli the nbiqnitmis Indian dog the chance at decayed fishand offaL Altho by force of circumstances driven tO accept shelter and nesting sitesin the dense forests of the western Olympic slope, the Raven is a great loverof the sea-cliffs and of all \\ild scenerv. Stormy tlays are his especial delightand he soars about in the teeth of the gale, exulting, like Lear, in the tumult:Blow winds, and crack your cheeks! The sable bird is rather majestic onthe wing, and he soars aloft at times with something (if the motion and dignityof the Eagle. But the Corvine character is complex ; and its gravest represen-tatives do some astonishingly boyish things. For instance, according toNelson, tliev will take sea-urchins high in air and drup them on the cliffs,for no better reason, apparentlv, than to hear them smash. Or, again, theywill catch the luckless urchins in mid-air with all the delight of school-bovsat tom-bal
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