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Hooded Crow - Corvus corone cornix
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Common name: Hooded Crow

Scientific name: Corvus corone cornix

Accession number: 030

Materials: Watercolour on paper

When painted: 1831-1841

This picture is interesting because it is unfinished. It illustrates how MacGillivray painted his pictures; first drawing an outline in pencil and then infilling with watercolour.

     Corvus corone cornix click for larger image