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the Raven, but it is naturally smaller; the ground 
colour is greenish, spotted with ash-colour and 
brown. 
Hoopep Crow, Corvus Corniz. The Hooded 
Crow, or as it is perhaps more commonly called, the 
‘Royston Crow,” is a rare occasional winter visitor 
in this county. I have seen one or two in the flesh 
at Mrs. Turle’s that had been killed in the county, 
and Mr. Bidgood has one in his collection which 
was also killed in the county. In most of the mid- 
land and eastern counties this bird is much more 
common: I have often seen considerable flocks of 
them between Cambridge and Royston, from which 
latter place it takes one of its names. In Scotland 
and some of the northern counties they remain to 
breed, and have been known to do so as far south as 
Norfolk. 
The food of the Hooded Crow seems to be very 
varied: one of the writers in the ‘ Zoologist’ says it 
includes everything from sprats to sheep. Accord- 
ing to Yarrell, lambs, eggs and poultry form part of 
the food, and when on the coast, fish, sand-worms, 
crabs and other shell-fish may be added to the list ; 
corn and other vegetable productions are only 
resorted to in case of necessity. The same author 
adds that a pair of these birds have been seen to 
chase, knock down and devour a small Sandpiper, 
The nest of the Hooded Crow is placed either in 
trees or in rocks, according to the nature of the 
