PASSERES. { 210 ) CORVIDM. 



THE CARRION CROW. 



BLACK CROW, BLACK-NEB, CORBIE CROW, HODDY, HOODIE, 

 GOR-CROW. 



Corvus corone. 

 Cte Corbie Crato, ^^e ^ooliie. 



T/iey carried him to the good greenwood. 



Where the green pines groiv in a rorv ; 

 And they heard the cry from the branches high, 



Of the hungry Carrion Crow. 



Leyden, Lord Soulis. 



Vit by my selfe I find this projterbe perfyte. 

 The Blak Craw thinks her awin birdis quhyte. 



Gawin Douglas, Virgil. 



The Carrion Crow, Black Crow, or Corbie Craw, is rather 

 common in Berwickshire, and is found about many of the 

 woods and plantations, where its harsh croaking note 

 generally indicates its presence before it is seen. In 

 autumn and winter it seems to prefer the neighbourhood 

 of the sea-coast. Although it is a permanent resident in 

 the county, it appears to receive additions to its numbers in 

 autumn from migratory flocks, and movements are also 

 observed in spring, at both of which seasons it has been 

 frequently noticed in small scattered bands passing high 

 overhead at Paxton, for several days in succession.^ 



1 The Carrion Crow has been observed on apparent migration at the light- 

 houses on the Isle of May and the Fame Islands in spring and autumn, viz. — 

 Antmnn 1881.— Isle of May. Spring 1882.— Isle of May, 14th May. Aiitiimn 



