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THE CARRION-CROW. 



CoRVUS cor6ne, Linnccus. 



In spite of the constant persecution which this species undergoes 

 from those interested in the preservation of game, it is still fairly 

 common in most of the wooded districts of Southern England and 

 Wales ; especially in the neighbourhood of low-lying coasts, estuaries, 

 lakes, and somewhat sluggish rivers. Near London, where it is 

 comparatively unmolested, it is by no means rare, and a few pairs 

 are distributed among the Parks. In the north of England, 

 especially in the Lake district and on the Cheviots, as well as in 

 the south of Scotland and as far north as Perthshire, it is common ; 

 beyond which, and in the west (though it has nested in Islay), the 

 prevailing form is the Hooded Crow : the two not unfrequently 

 interbreeding. The Carrion-Crow is recorded from Coll, and is 

 resident, though scarce, in Skye ; is said to have occurred in the 

 Orkneys ; and visits the Shetlands at long intervals. In Ireland it 

 is extremely rare, its place being taken by the Hooded Crow. Con- 

 siderable accessions to its numbers take place on the east coast of 

 Great Britain in autumn. 



The Carrion-Crow is seldom found in Iceland, and even to the 

 southern portions of Scandinavia it is a very irregular visitor. Its 



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