3^4 



BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



stalks, or dry seaweed, with an inner lining of 

 grass, wool, and hair. 



Eggs. Five to seven ; greyish-green, bluish- 

 green, or greenish-brown, blotched, splashed, and 

 spotted with dark greenish or smoky brown, and 

 underlying markings of a lighter greyish-purple 

 tinge. Variable both in regard to coloration and 

 size, but generally distinguishable from those of the 

 Carrion Crow and Rook by their larger size. Average 

 measurement about 1.95 by 1.3 in. (See Plate I.) 



Time. February, March, and April. 



Remarks. Resident. Note: a deep hoarse 

 cronk, that may be heard at great distances. Local 

 and other names : Corbie, Corbie Crow> Great Corbie 

 Crow. Sits lightly, and shows a wonderful devotion 

 to old haunts. The central feathers in a Raven's 

 tail are longer than the rest, and thus serve to 

 identify the bird when it is sailing high overhead. 



RAZORBILL. 



(Alca tor da.} 

 Order PYGOPODES ; Family ALCID.E (AUKS). 



Description of Parent Birds. 

 Length about seventeen or 

 eighteen inches. Bill fairly long, 

 straight, except towards the tip, 

 where it is much decurved, and 

 black. A white, curved line runs 

 across both mandibles, and a well 

 defined one from the top of the 

 bill to the eyes. The basal half 

 of the beak is covered with 

 dark brown. Crown, nape, back, 



RAZORBILL. 



feathers. Irides 



wings, and tail black, with the exception of a narrow 



