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JACKDAW (Connis moneditla), p. 69. Three remained the greater 

 part of the winter in Barra, having arrived in October 1893. They 

 were in the company of Rooks. Again, on April 17, 1894, eight 

 were seen at Eoligary, and Dr. M'Rury adds: "With exception of 

 a bird or two seen a good many years ago, these are the only records 

 in Barra." 



A migration appears to have been conducted for quite a number 

 of years, and has culminated at last in their remaining to breed in 

 the grounds of Stornoway Castle. Mr. Mackenzie of Stornoway 

 relates the facts as follows. When speaking of the advent of Rooks, 

 and their foundation of a colony there, he says : " About half-a- 

 dozen Jackdaws remained from the original lot of migrants " (see 

 under Rook), " and they too have taken to nesting," and " they 

 have apparently come to stay." 



Mr. M'Elfrish reports that Jackdaws are frequently seen in North 

 Uist in the first months of the year, " during snow-storm and severe 

 weather." " On one occasion," he continues, " I saw a flock of 

 between 30 and 40 on the farm of Nunton in Benbecula." The 

 Jackdaw has also appeared on migration at the Flannan Isles 

 (Migration Schedules, 1901; see "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 1902, 

 p. 82). 



HOODED CROW (Corvus cornix\ p. 70. The "Hooded Crow," 

 writes Mr. M'Elfrish, "is a perfect pest. Arrives in great numbers 

 in the autumn and winter ; and supposing it were possible to kill the 

 last one resident in the isles in the summer, one might be quite 

 sure of a further supply in the winter." 



(Under CARRION CROW {Corvus corone\ Mr. M'Elfrish writes as 

 follows : " I once shot one at Lochmaddy. I had been shooting 

 with Sir Arthur (then Mr.) Campbell Orde ; and when walking home 

 to Lochmaddy a pure black bird, which at first I thought was a 

 Raven, was about to fly over my head, just behind the Court-House. 

 I shot it, and it turned out to be a Carrion Crow.) 



ROOK (Corvus frugilegus), p. 71. New as a nesting species in 

 the Outer Hebrides. It has been known that Rooks in vast numbers 

 migrate to the south coast of the British Isles from across the 

 English Channel. Also, that immense flocks pass along the English 

 south coast in a westerly direction, both in spring and summer and 

 autumn, bulking largest in autumn up to November. After crossing 

 the Channel, they continue along the English side in the direction 

 of the Lizard Point, and then cross the Irish Channel, and often 

 overshoot the western land and are met with far out in the Atlantic 

 by ships homeward bound (vide "Field," October 1895, an d Migra- 

 tion Reports). My correspondent, Mr. D. Mackenzie, relates as 

 follows, and I prefer to give these notes in his own words : " What 

 I take to be the remnant of this huge migratory body of Rooks, 



