HOODED CROW. 8 I 



The eggs, three to six, usually five in number, are 

 very similar to those of the Rook. Like them they 

 vary greatly. They are usually of a green or bluish 

 green colour, spotted or mottled with grey and brown ; 

 one variety is almost white and without any markings. 



HOODED CROW. 



CORVUS CORNIX. 



Family Passerid^, Sub-family Corvine. Genus Corvus. 



Royston Crow — Grey Crow — Scare Crow— Dun Crow — Bunt- 

 ing Crow — Hoody. 



A winter visitor to England, consequently a rare 

 breeder here. In Scotland, however, it is resident 



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