THE CARRION-CROW. 



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(including those of Cormorant, Shag, Puffin, Ducks, Grouse, and 

 smaller gulls), also mollusca, insects (chiefly beetles), echini, frogs, 

 worms, and grain. 



Distribution.^ — England and Wales. — Regular autumn- and 

 winter- visitor east coast, south coast to Hants., Trent Valley, and 

 east midlands ; occasional further inland and western counties ; 

 rare Wales. Has bred occasionally, mostly eastern counties, and 

 seldom inland. Has also interbred with C. c. corone. Residen < 

 Isle of Man. Scotland. — Resident. Abundant north and nortli- 

 west and most islands. Overlaps breeding-range of C. c. corone, 

 and often interbreeds with it, especially in Clyde and Sol way areas 

 in west, and Tay area in east. Very occasionally breeds in south- 

 east, where chiefly known as migrant. Ireland. — Resident in 

 every county. 



Migrations. — British Isles. — Great numbers arrive east coast 

 Great Britain from central Europe and Scandinavia, second 

 week Oct. to first week Nov., extremes Aug. 5 and Nov. 12, and 

 depart mid-March to third week April, extremes mid-Feb. to 

 May 10. No evidence of migration in Ireland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Scandinavia, Denmark, Russia, east 

 Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, also Faeroes. Represented 

 by other forms in Corsica and Sardinia, Balkan Peninsula, 

 Cyprus, Egypt, and west Asia. Casual in Greenland. Interbreeds 

 with C. corone where ranges overlap. 



CORVUS CORONE 



3. Corvus corone corone L. — THE CARRION-CROW. 



CoRVus Corone Linna?us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 105 (1758 — Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : England). 



Corvus corone Linnaeus, Yarrell, ii, p. 27-4 ; Saunders, p. 24.3. 



Feathers from lower-throat of 

 (A) Raven, (B) Carrion-Crow, (C) Rook. 



