66 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



graph the Goose, for all the other nests 

 had hatched out. 



The Hooded Crow is a far worse robber 

 than the Carrion Crow, and he is about 

 as bad a thief as one would wish to meet 

 with. The pair of Hooded Crows on 

 this loch were doing a great amount of 

 harm to the other birds, and the keeper 

 would have shot them before, but I 

 wanted to photograph them at the nest. 

 This was built on the ground amongst 

 tall heather, and it contained four young. 

 I waited a whole day with my bioscope, 

 but the bird only came back to the nest 

 three times, and as it only waited a 

 moment each time it did not give me an 

 opportunity to get a series of pictures. 

 The moment I began to turn the handle 

 of the camera it was startled by the 

 very slight noise and flew away. The 

 Hooded Crow is the only bird that has 

 ever been startled by the noise of my 

 bioscope. Most birds will quickly jump 



