Bring up a raven, and it will peck out your eyes. (German) If bad be the raven, his company is no better. (Irish) One raven does not peck out another’s eyes. (Danish) The raven is fair when the rook is not by. (Danish) The raven thinks its own...

Raven is the common name given to the largest species of passerine birds in the genus Corvus. Corvids are also commonly referred to as crows and other species in the same genus include jackdaws and rooks. In most of Europe and North America, raven is...