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stated that a few Carrion Crows nested every year in 
the Mersey Valley near Northenden;! and Mr. M. Wood 
informs us that he has found nests at Cheadle, Lymm, 
and Delamere in recent years. On June 6th, 1891, we 
found a nest in a tall tree in a pheasant-covert in 
Higher Peover Park, which contained five young birds, 
one of which was conspicuously smaller and weaker 
than the others. A partly eaten Ring Dove and the 
wing of a young Jay lay at the foot of the tree, and in 
an old nest in an adjoining tree were the remains of 
another Ring Dove. In autumn and winter numbers of 
Carrion Crows congregate in the Duckwood at Eaton, 
where they roost, and remain in spite of persecution.” 
Brockholes says that prior to the year 1865 the 
Carrion Crow was a common resident in the neighbour- 
hood of the Dee Marshes, nesting regularly at Shotwick, 
Burton, Saughall, and Puddington. He considered 
that about that date this species shared the fate of 
the Raven,? but Dr. Dobie states that it has nested 
within recent years at Mollington and elsewhere in 
Wirral, and that it is seen occasionally in winter on 
the marshes between Stanlow and Frodsham.” 
A few pairs still nest in the valleys of the Goyt and 
Dane, and visit the adjacent grouse-moors in search of 
eggs, where they are trapped and shot by gamekeepers 
on every possible occasion. 
HOODED CROW. 
Corvus coRNIX, Linnzus. 
The Hooded Crow, a resident in the Isle of Man, and 
an abundant visitor to the eastern counties of England, 
1 Manchester City News, December 16, 1882. 
2 Dobie, op. cit. p. 305. 3 Brockholes, op. cit. p. 9. 
