Corvus corax
Order Passeriformes
Family Corvidae
Other names: Northern Raven
Adult.— Entire bird black; the long feathers of the throat and the thick bill show only at close range.
Nest, of large sticks, lined with grass and wool, on cliffs or in trees.
Eggs, bluish-green or olive, spotted with brown.
The Raven is a rare permanent resident of the coast of Maine, breeding on some of the small islands of Penobscot Bay. According to Mr. Brewster, it “ regularly visits the interior of northern New England in late autumn and winter.” It probably still occurs in the Adirondacks. In spite of its greater size, it is often difficult to distinguish it from a Crow, unless it utters its hoarse curruck.
Hoffmann – A Guide to the Birds of New England and Eastern New York (1904)