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He went to the king of crows, and begged that his corvine majesty would be pleased to allow one thousand of his black subjects to accompany him on a certain day to a certain place.

Bill corvine in shape; culmen rounded; nostrils near base of upper mandible and hidden by bristly feathers; tail feathers twelve.

These very long sticks were so slender and dry that the bird was able to lift and to fly with them; therefore, to his corvine mind, they were suitable for his purpose.

In the long struggle between human ingenuity and corvine sagacity, it is doubtful which has thus far obtained the upper hand.

No one could say of this bird that it carried out the corvine principle, and—             ”—died as slow, As the morning mists down the hill that go.”