In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Wray Kephart)
writes:
> Append: There seems to be a great deal of confusion regarding these
> specimens even among local taxidermists. Ive heard everything from
> ravens are considered a separate species from crow <whaa??when?> to
> being informed that they are protected even tho they are pests not
> migratory and still hunted in parts of the US. Oh well.
>
>
Crows and ravens *are* separate species.  In North America north of Mexico,
there are 2 species of raven, Common (Corvus corax) and Chihuahuan (C.
cryptoleucus) and 3 species of crow, American (C. brachyrhynchos),
Northwestern (C. caurinus), and Fish (C. ossifragus).  There are other species
of ravens and crows in other parts of the world.  As to the rest of the
confusion, yeah, that's part of the problem.  No one, including most USFWS
personnel, seems able to plow through all the overlapping and ambiguous laws
and come up with the same interpretation of the law.

Robin Panza                             [log in to unmask]