BIRDS OF ICELAND 21 



An occasional straggler of rare occurrence. There 

 are several earlier reports, but a specimen was shot in 

 December 1878 in the south, and the skin preserved 

 (Grondal) ; it is, no doubt, the one now in the Museum 

 at Reykjavik, which Herra Grondal informed me had 

 been shot near that town. I am informed, on the 

 authority of Sjera Arni Jonsson of SkutustaSir (SuSur 

 ]}ingeyrar Sysla) that one was shot at GrimstaSir on 

 the 3rd December 1899. 



Corvus monedula, Linn. Jackdaw. 



Grondal (Skyrsla, p. 35) mentions that this bird has 

 been shot at Eyrarbakka by Herra P. Nielsen. As it 

 habitually associates with the Rook {C.frugilcgus) it is 

 not unlikely to extend its wanderings with that bird 

 to Iceland at times. I have, on the Yorkshire coast 

 in autumn, watched Rooks coming in from across the 

 sea in a stream which continued all day, and amongst 

 them were a good many Jackdaws. On account of its 

 small size (13 inches, wing 9 J inches) and its grey 

 neck, traces of which are to be found even in young 

 birds, it is not likely to be confused with any other 

 Corvine bird visiting Iceland. , 



Corvus corax, Linn. Raven. 



Native name : ' Hrafn ' (also ' Krummi,' which Grondal 

 considers to be an attempt at vocalising the bird's 

 note, as is also ' Hrafn' ). There are, besides, dozens 



