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^ 2732. Five.~Km\och, Sutherland, 30 April, 1849. "J. W." 



I took these from a nest in an alder-tree ahout twelve feet from 

 the ground, near Kinloch, between Tongue and Strathmore. I saw 

 the bird leave the nest. The eggs a good deal sat upon. 



§ 2733. Tico.— Loch Laighal, Sutherland, 10 May, 1849. 



I took these from a nest which I saw the bird leave, close to the 

 ad in the walk from Tongue to Al 

 of the loch, and I think in an alder. 



road in the walk from Tongue to Altnaharrow. It was on the bank 



^ 2734. Five.— Loch Maddie. Sutherland, 11 May, 1849. 

 ''J. W." 



These 1 took from a nest at the top of Mr, St. John's '^Osprey'' 

 tree [antea, p. 55]. 1 do not remember whether I saw the bird of 

 this nest, but I did of other nests on islands in the same loch. All 

 were Grey Crows. In one nest were two young, one of which was 

 much deformed about the mouth, having met with some accident. 

 They crouch in the nest. 



§ 2735. Oue.—Loch Maddie, 11 May, 1849. "J. W." 

 This I found on an islet at the west end of the loch. 



§ 2736. Four.— Loch Urigil, Sutherland, 19 May, 1849. 

 " J. W." 



On a little island overgrown with Allium ursinum was a Hooded 

 Crow, which left its nest within shot. John Sutherland had destroyed 

 the nest once before that season. It was in a low tree or shrub. 



On the 5th June following, going with Mr. Edge from Scourie and 

 Badcol, off the west coast of Sutherland, I took two young Grey 

 Crows in Calva, snaring them with string and a ramrod. It was a 

 very difficult spot to get at. Tough, the landlord of the inn at 

 Scourie and an old gamekeeper, says that in the south, i. e. in Argyle, 

 the Crows are darker, sometimes quite black. This and the story of 

 the Black and Grey Crows breeding together convinces me they are 

 varieties. In the Fseroes I thought them greyer even than in 



