CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 23 1 



Wales, especially in the neighbourhood of low-lying 

 coasts, estuaries, lakes, and sluggish rivers." Its 

 distribution in Scotland appears to be partial, being 

 plentiful in the south ; in Ireland its place is taken 

 by the Hooded Crow. It is like its congener, the 

 Hooded Crow, a very voracious feeder, and will eat 

 almost anything, from putrid carrion to such 

 luxuries as the eggs and even the young of 

 pheasants, partridges, poultry, etc. Amongst a long 

 list of different sorts of diet, Howard Saunders 

 mentions weakly lambs, leverets, moles, rats, fish, 

 mussels, and the refuse of the seashore, so that, 

 taking the sum total of all the stuff that comes 

 handy to the Carrion -Crow, it may be regarded as 

 one of the most destructive species amongst the 

 feathered tribe, and as such one of the orreatest 

 pests to either farmer or gamekeeper. Owing to 

 its sagacity — a leading characteristic of all the 

 CorvidcB — it manages to hold its own very well 

 indeed, in spite of persecution. No bird better 

 knows the range of a gun, or when it is being 

 " shikarred " — to use an Indian expression. 



The nest is a rougrh structure of twio-s. In the 

 case of the locality being a wooded district, it would 

 probably be in a tall tree, but in the case of the sea- 

 shore a cliff would most likely be selected. The 

 eggs — four to six, of a bluish-green colour, minutely 

 spotted with brown, are very much like those of the 

 Hooded Crow. The specimens in the case were 

 obtained in the winter at Arthosf. In regard to 

 habitat abroad, the Carrion-Crow would appear, 



