III. Report on Birds in Danmark in i885. 563 



Amager. In usual numbers in winter (but little of it 

 is to be Seen here in summer). (K.) 



Mors. In winter large numbers roost in the plantation 

 of Nykjöbing; nest there April 2 5th, six fresh eggs; these 

 were taken, and on May 2 ist a new nest contained six 

 eggs, hard sat. (F.) 



32. Corpus frugilegus, L. — Raage. 



Kjöbenhavn. Breeds. January i8th some. February a 

 few (2d to 27th); 25th, 4P. M., one flying out to cross 

 the Sound, first E. and then E. N. E., not very high, but 

 rapidly (followed far away). March, first days some; yth 

 several at nests; i 5th many at another colony. September, 

 common the whole month , to 3oth. October, but few ob- 

 served (yth to 20th). November i6th one. (W.) 



Edelgave. In 1868 a large colony. In 1881 five or 

 six pairs built in a parcel of wood. 1882 sixty to seventy 

 pairs, most nests on April gth with incomplete sets of 

 eggs; April iGth nests deserted; many eggshells on ground 

 indicated perhaps plundering by a pair of ravens breeding 

 near. i883 about two hundred pairs: 1884 and i885 still 

 more. (H.) 



In the dunes of Lerup, Oster Hanherred, on the Ska- 

 gerak, I saw a party of seven on May 3d i885. (H.) 



Nykjöbing, Mors. January i4th one was shot. (F.) 



33. Pica caudata, auctt. — Skade. 



On Amager not rare, especially in the villages in- 

 and. (K.) 



Edelgave. Very common. (H.) 



Storehedinge. A pearly-grey individual has resided 

 here in 1884 — 85; very shy. Said to have bred this year; 

 the young were ordinary. Not seen this autumn. (A.) 



Herschendsgave. Goes on increasing; compare Report 

 i883. This year I counted eighteen nests here; a few that 

 were looked into contained from six to eight eggs. (Hs.) 



Lögstör. Seems to be increasing; yet not so common 

 as on Sjiilland. (H.) 



