SoJ- Pictures of Bird Life 



A Raveii".s nest, wliicli probably contained young, we did 

 not trouble to go up to : and one of several Hooded Crows" 

 contained five sat-on eggs — other nests being empty and 

 liolding young birds : ugly, inicanny-looking little wretches 

 they Avere too. The Hoodie is here extremely abundant 

 and very familiar. Though so shy and wary when in 

 England during the winter months, here, in Denmark, the 

 Hoodies nest alono- the roadsides, sometimes in ridiculouslv 

 small trees ; and round the farmhouses, in the little belt 

 of trees which serve as a shelter from the cold winds, 

 there is generally a nest of either the ^Magpie or Hooded 

 Crow. In every direction the birds burly figure is a con- 

 spicuous object in the landscape — that is, in the wooded 

 parts. Some parts of Denmark, particularly in A\"est Jutland, 

 are almost de^'oid of trees : and there the Hooded Crow is 

 not to be seen. 



Two days, or really two half-days, were not enough for 

 this most interesting forest. We saw a good deal in the 

 time, considering how short it was : but a week would not 

 have been too nmch to do justice to it. However, our 

 short stay in Denmark — ten days — would not allow us to 

 stop any longer, and ^ye were compelled reluctantly to tear 

 ourselves away all too soon, leaving many things un^-isited. 

 Eagle-owls, for instance, nest here — probably some of the 

 smaller ()a\'1s also : but we saw nothing- of them. In the 

 forester's house we saw a stuffed Nutcracker and (iyrfalcon, 

 but ascertained tliat these had been shot in the winter. 

 There were also nianv heads of roe- and red-deer, witli a 



