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Paired once, these birds, as in the case of the Raven, are paired 
for good. “The nest is placed in a main fork of a large tree, and is 
made of sticks and twigs with abundant cushioning of wool and 
hair. It is believed not to build a new nest every year. It lays 
four or five eggs, varymg much in the depth of the tint of the 
greenish ground-colour, and generally well mottled and blotched 
and spotted with greenish ash colour and bright brown. The 
parents seem to expel their young from the immediate precincts 
of their own abode very soon after they are able to provide for 
themselves ; as is the case with the Raven also.—Fig. 4, plate V. 
119. HOODED CROW—(Corvus corniz). 
Royston Crow, Dun Crow, Norway Crow, Kentish Crow, 
Grey Crow, Grey-backed Crow, Bunting Crow, Scare Crow, 
Hoodie.—Even a fiercer and more mischievous bird than the 
Carrion Crow. It has been very seldom known to breed in 
England, though coming in great abundance from its more 
northern haunts before the access of winter. In north and west 
Scotland, the Hebrides and Orkneys it breeds in large numbers, 
and rewards for its destruction have been customarily paid to 
within a recent period, if indeed they have altogether ceased yet. 
They place their nests among rocks, in the rifts or on ledges. 
These are built of ling, sticks, roots, stalks of plants, seaweed ; 
and lined with wool and kair. There are usually four or five 
eggs, not differing very materially in colouring from those of the 
Common Crow.—Fig. 5, plate V. 
120. ROOK—(Corvus frugilegus). 
Crow.—LEveryone must be acquainted with the Rok, and its 
nesting manners and habits. Even the dwellers in great cities 
have sometimes had this bird domiciled among them for the 
breeding season, and many places in London are signalized by the 
