CARRION CROW. 97 



LETTER IX. 



" Omnes eodem cogimur." 



Horace. 



Carrion Crow : His Haunts and Habits during the 

 Summer — Hammer-ponds — Crow-Mussel — Win- 

 ter Haunts of the Hooded and Carrion Crows — 

 Partiality of several Corvidce to the Sea-coast at 

 this Season — Local separation of two nearly-al- 

 lied Species — Probable Cause. 



The carrion crow (Gorvus corone) is a well- 

 known bird in most parts of Sussex, but more 

 especially frequents the wooded districts north of 

 the Downs during the spring and summer, where, 

 notmthstanding the dangers to which he is occa- 

 sionally exposed from bird-nesting boys and vigi- 

 lant game-keepers, the species seems to have found 

 a strong hold, and does not appear to be sensibly 

 diminishing. 



After the bursting of the leaf it is difficult to 

 discover his haunts ; so shy and solitary are his 

 habits, that two nests are seldom to be found in 



