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THli JACKDAW. 



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The Jackdaw is a familiar resident bird tliroughout England and 

 Wales : it is also common over the greater part of Scotland, but in 

 the north-west it is somewhat rare ; and although it breeds sparingly 

 in Skye it has not yet been noticed in the Outer Hebrides; Mr. Buck- 

 ley informs me that there are now several colonies in the Orkneys, 

 but to the Shetlands it is only an accidental visitor. In Ireland it 

 is, as a rule, abundant ; but in Kerry, Donegal, and other wild 

 portions of the coast its place is taken by the Chough, and it is 

 only exceptionally that the two species are found breeding within 

 the same area. The same holds good of Guernsey in the Channel 

 Islands, and on Lundy Island there are no Jackdaws ; in fact, 

 although generally distributed along our coasts as well as in town 

 and country, this bird is sometimes unaccountably absent. Large 

 numbers arrive on our east coast in autumn, and a similar migration 

 occurs at Heligoland. 



To the Faeroes and Iceland the Jackdaw rarely wanders, and in 

 Norway it is not found breeding north of Trondhjems-fjord ; though 

 in Russia it occurs at Mezen, near the Arctic circle. It is^ found 

 and, as a rule, is resident throughout the rest of Europe ; but in 



