THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 33 
Crow; Cogfran, a Jackdaw, or Cuckoo 
Crow, probably from its smaller size; 
and Milfran, a Carrion Crow, literally 
Animal (eating) Crow; and Morfran, a 
Cormorant or Sea Crow. 
CROW, Corvus corone. 
One of the commonest birds in the 
county, and one we can well do without. 
I believe this bird does more mischief 
than any hawk; he is always about the 
same place, and is always on the look 
out, not for carrion, but for something 
better; a small leveret, a partridge’s nest 
of eggs, or a half-grown rabbit—it all 
comes the same to him; whilst a weakly 
lamb has its eyes out before he well 
knows where he is. Although they 
generally work in twos and threes they 
come home to roost together, in numbers 
of from twenty to thirty, to the same 
roosting-place, and by waiting them in 
a few may be killed; but by far the best 
way to kill them is to trap them with an 
egg and a common gin. 
In the year 1884, a White Carrion 
Crow was killed at Aberyskir, near 
Brecon, by Mr. Rees Williams. It was 
