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the nest of a Partridge in the middle of a wood within ten yards of 
a tree in which was a Crow’s nest. I wonder how many of the 
family survived. 
Rooks. 
Of Rooks we have any number. Pied specimens are not 
uncommon. By watching one of these latter I was able to 
ascertain that the same bird returned to the same field at the 
same hour for several days in succession. During the late severe 
winters the Rooks killed and ate many Redwings and other small 
birds ; but the cold was too much even for them, as I found them 
under the trees in the mornings scarcely able to move, having 
evidently fallen off their perches through the night. 
THE JACKDAW 
Is abundant, but rather local. They are very numerous near 
Keswick, where colonies of them congregate like Rooks, and nest 
together in the Skiddaw cliffs. There are many, too, at Calder 
Abbey. I have seen there a nest mass nearly six feet high, com- 
pletely filling up a narrow spiral staircase. The noisy chattering 
habits of the Jacks, as they are called, are well known. 
THe MAGPIE 
Is very common, and is almost always called the “Piet.” I have 
counted as many as eleven in one field in Wastdale. There are 
seldom less than three seen together, and four or five is quite an 
ordinary number. In November, 1879, a three-legged Magpie 
was shot near Silecroft. The third leg was between the two normal 
ones, and was rather smaller, being white in colour, as were also 
the claws. 
THE Jay. 
The noisy screeching Jay is often heard in our woods; less often 
seen, for it is a wary bird, and seems to know its danger. it is 
curious to notice how these birds hurry across an open space, 
