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Icelandic raven

noun

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  1. A subspecies of the common raven, Corvus corax varius (including the extinct colour morph…

    A subspecies of the common raven, Corvus corax varius (including the extinct colour morph leucophaeus), native to Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

    • The Icelandic raven flits around us, and runs among the stones in a bold contemptuous manner, flinging us a disdainful croak when we pelt it.
    • Sometimes a black flag flickered for a moment above one of the distant bastions ; it was the wing of a raven—the great Icelandic raven that kills and devours the lambs.

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