514 coRvus CO a AX. 



CORVUS CORAX, Linnaeus. 

 RAVEN. 



§ 2766. One.— Yrom Mr. Sadd, not later than 1843. 



Rather an unusual variety. In the year 1841 there were three 

 nests on the South Foreland. All the young birds were caught on 

 the sands before they could fly well, I purchased one of them at 

 St. Margaret's for eighteenpence — a fine well-grown bird — in Sep- 

 tember *. At Filey, in Yorkshire, they sell for twenty-five or thirty 

 shillings ; they are obtained on the Speeton and Buckton cliffs. I 

 saw two flying about the cliff below Scarborough Castle this summer, 

 1843. At the inn at Malton there are two, a young one and a fine 

 venerable old fellow with a long beard, who, they say, is teaching 

 his new companion to talk nicely. The eggs, which are scarce, sell 

 for three or four shillings each. 



[This eo;g is most likely from Madingley, near Cambridge, where, or at Quy, 

 until about 1858, a pair nested yearly; but their eg-gs were usually taken.] 



§ 2767. T/iree.—lcelsLnd, from Mr. Proctor, 1844. 



These specimens are small, but Mr. Henry Milner says this bird 

 is very abundant in Iceland. 



^ 2768. Six.—Co\^t Hall, Essex, 1846. From Mr. Argent. 



Mr. Argent said these were sold to him by Mr. Pratt, a watch- 

 maker at Epping, who had them from Colonel Conyers's keeper. 

 The eggs of the first nest were pale. It was taken ; the birds laid 

 again, were both shot, and the nest robbed a second time. 



§ 2769. 0//e.— Orkney. From Mr. George Harvey, 1848. 



The Raven is abundant in Orkney. I saw nine on the cathedral 

 of St. Magnus at Kirkwall, where there is a nest every year, close 



* Flew away for the last time from Beeston in July, IS.'jO. Poor Grip ! 



