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THE HOODED CROW. 



CoRvus coRNix, Linna?us. 



This bird, often called the Grey or Royston Crow, is a regular 

 and numerous visitor to England and Wales from October onwards; 

 while a few instances are on record of its having remained to breed, 

 and cases of hybridism with the Carrion-Crow are not iinfrequent 

 in the north. In the Isle of Man it is said to nest annually. On 

 the mainland of Scotland it is only too abundant, predominating in 

 the north and west, and becoming the representative form in the 

 Outer Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands. In Ireland also it is com- 

 mon and increasing, especially in the south. The majority of the 

 large flocks found in our eastern districts arrive from the Continent. 



In the Faeroes the Hooded Crow is resident, and it occasionally 

 visits Iceland. In Scandinavia, Finland and Northern Russia it is 

 common, migrating from the higher latitudes in winter, at which 

 season large flocks are found in Northern Germany west of the 

 Elbe ; but these, as a rule, take their departure in March, although 

 some occasionally remain to interbreed with the Carrion-Crow. 

 Colonies of the pure-bred bird are dotted about Central (Germany 

 and are frequent in (ializia; but to Switzerland, France and Spain, it 

 is only a winter-visitor, though it nests in the islands of Majorca, 



