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appears. A few Hooded Crows breed in the Lothlans. I 

 have frequently seen a family of them near Cockenzie in Had- 

 dingtonshire, and Mr Weir has found a few in West Lothian. 

 The digestive organs of this species are precisely similar to 

 those of the Carrion Crow. The oesophagus of a male indivi- 

 dual was five inches and a half in length, funnel-shaped at the 

 commencement, in the rest of its extent nearly of the uniform 

 diameter of eight twelfths. The stomach is a moderately mus- 

 cular gizzard, of an elliptical form, somewhat compressed, an 

 inch and nine twelfths in length, an inch and a half in breadth ; 

 its muscular coat thick ; the epithelium dense, with a few deep 

 longitudinal ruga?. The intestine is four feet long, five twelfths 

 in width in the duodenal portion. The coeca are cylindrical, 

 half an inch long, two twelfths in breadth, two inches distant 

 from the extremity. The rectum dilated toward the end. 



CORYUS MONEDULA. THE JACKDAW. Yol. I, p. 552. 



The Jackdaw is a common bird in Leicestershire, according 

 to Mr Harley, who informs me that it there resides " in hollow 

 trees, the ash, elm, horse-chestnut, oak, or maple, as well as 

 the ruined tower, the venerable gateway, and lofty spire. 

 Jackdaws," he adds, " will sometimes breed in chimneys, 

 even when used. About 1810 I recollect seeing a servant 

 man of my father's take a nest with four or five young ones 

 out of a chimney, which was constantly kept in use. It was 

 perhaps twenty yards high. The nest was built across from 

 ledge to ledge, about two feet from the top, and a very large 

 one it was too. I recollect seeing a wheelbarrow load of sticks 

 and cow-hair, and bits of old cotton print and strings. Jerry 

 Hayes, who took it down, was then, and is now, a daring fel- 

 low, a good bird's-nester. I have seen a Jackdaw in which 

 the nape of the neck was nearly white, the throat white, the 

 breast whitish-grey, the wing-coverts white, and the tail- 

 feathers tipped with the same." 



