CHARGER. IT, 
THE COMMON RAVEN (Corvus corax). 
Late nesters in Spain—Curious habit of congregating—The Tangier or Brown- 
necked Raven—A nest in a pine tree—Raven trapping—Artful choice of 
nesting quarters—A two-fronted residence—Nest in a deep fissure—A wkward 
photography—Arrangement of eggs in nest. 
AVENS are extremely abundant in 
southern Spain and are even more 
so in Morocco. Despite their well- 
known appearance, flight and call, 
which render them unmistakable at 
almost any distance, few birds have 
caused me greater perplexity in my 
attempts to understand their ways or 
the reasons which regulate their 
movements. To begin with, in 
southern Spain, where, according 
to our British standard of climate, 
an almost perpetual summer reigns, 
the Ravens nest, not, as might 
reasonably be assumed some weeks earlier than in our Islands, but 
on the contrary, at least a month and frequently, more than two 
months later. Curiously enough I found much the same condition of 
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