If a party of men go out hunting with dogs and horses, they will be accompanied, during the day, by several of these attendants.

After feeding, the uncovered craw protrudes; at such times, and indeed generally, the Carrancha is an inactive, tame, and cowardly bird.
Its flight is heavy and slow, like that of an English rook.

It seldom soars; but I have twice seen one at a great height gliding through the air with much ease.

It runs (in contradistinction to hopping), but not quite so quickly as some of its congeners.

At times the Carrancha is noisy, but is not generally so: its cry is loud, very harsh and peculiar, and may be likened to the sound of the Spanish guttural g, followed by a rough double r r; when uttering this cry it elevates its head higher and higher, till at last, with its beak wide open, the crown almost touches the lower part of the back.