38 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



enemy in the gamekeeper. Our illustration is 

 from a photograph taken in Westmoreland. 



Materials. Sticks and mud, lined with grass, 

 wool, horse and cowhair. 



Eggs. Four to five, occasionally as many as 

 six, grey-green, blotched and spotted with ash- 

 colour or smoky-brown ; sometimes they are found 

 quite blue, and minus spots of any kind. They 

 are similar to those of the Rook and Raven, but 

 larger than the former and smaller than the latter, 

 and the position of the nest generally suffices to 

 distinguish them. Size about 1'65 by 1*2 in. 



Time. April and May. 



Remarks. Resident. Notes, a hoarse croak. 

 Local and other names, Crow Mussel (from its 

 habit of eating mussels), Doup, Gor Crow, Minden 

 Crow, Black-nebbed Crow. Sits lightly, and gen- 

 erally in such a position as to command a good 

 "mrroundinfif view. 



CROW, GREY, See CEOW, HOODED. 



CROW, HOODED. Also GREY CROW and 

 ROYSTON CEOW. 



Description of Parent Birds. -- Length about 

 twenty inches. Beak moderately long, pointed, 

 strong, and black ; the base is covered by stiff 

 projecting feathers. Irides dusky. Head, throat, 

 wings, and tail a shining blue-black. Nape, back, 

 rump, and under-parts generally dark slaty-grey. 

 Legs, toes, and claws a shining black. 



The female is a little smaller in size, and the 

 slaty-grey parts of her plumage are tinged with 

 brown. 



