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built, in which April i8th were again six eggs. (B.) — 

 Viborg. Hald Skov, March 3 ist, nest with four eggs. Bigum 

 Skov, April ist, nest with seven hard set eggs. Avnsbjerg 

 Skov, April 3d, nest with three eggs. (F.) 



26. Corpus cornix, L. — Krage. 

 Kjöbenhavn. Breeds. Large numbers wintering. Actual 

 migration: March 24th many passing E. or N. E. the whole 

 day; overcast or cloudy, W., strong. October i5th three 

 to W. at 12,35 P. M.; sunshine, E., fresh. i6th in the 

 forenoon some to W., coming in from sound; sunshine, 

 N., fresh. (W., H.W.) — Amager. Compare Report 1886. (K.) 



— Fölleslev. Breeding in gardens and small woods. (F.) 



27. Corpus frugilegus, L. — Raage. 

 Kjöbenhavn. Breeds. In January and the first part of 

 February a few; from February 24th more numerous. March 

 i5th, 10,5 A. M., one in actual migration over the coast 

 to N. E., sunshine, S. W. In October, November and De- 

 cember bui very few. (W., H. W.) — Amager. Only a 

 few times seen; February 27 th first. (K.) — Fölleslev» 

 A large colony in the garden at Egemarke. (F.) — Sla- 

 gelse. Frequently moving about in large flocks. Breeds in 

 numbers in the woods at Skjelskör. (P.) 



28. Pica caudata, auct. — Skade. 



Amager. Compare Report i885. (K.) — Slagelse. 



Formerly common at Slotsbjergby, now reduced in number, 



while shot away. It has been witnessed killing young just 



fiown Starlings*). (P.) — Vordingborg. Rather uncommon. 



— Lolland. Very common. (B.) 



*) »The appearance of the above notes in this Report should not 

 be held to indicate that the Compiler would join in the commonplace- 

 cry against magpies or birds and beasts of prey in general. The ordi- 

 nary populär notion of the power of such animals to keep others down 

 rests on a misconception of the irue relation between animals and their 

 natural enemiesf. — A note, written by Oluf Winge. The views of my 

 brother as to this subject have been stated more fully in a separate 

 little book: Jägernes skadelige Dyr (The Gamekeeper's Vermin), Kjöben- 

 havn, 1886. 



