HOODED CROW 



ROYSTON CROW GREY CROW GREY - BACKED CROW 

 SCARE-CROW HOODY DUN CROW BUNTING CROW. 



PLATE XLV. 

 Corvus comix ; LINNAEUS. 



THE nest, which is large, is sometimes placed in trees, 

 but mostly in the clefts and chasms of rocks and hill 

 sides, generally by the sea, and is composed of sticks, roots, 

 stalks, or heather, and lined with wool, feathers, and hair. 

 They have been known to build on the wood-work under a 

 bridge, and on a mound of earth in a field ; also, at other 

 times on the ground, amongst heather, and on the roofs of 

 deserted huts. 



The eggs, from four to six in number, are of a green 

 tint, mottled all over with greenish brown and pale purple 

 grey. They, like those of the last species, vary much both 

 in colour and size, and cannot, except when taken from the 

 nest, be distinguished with certainty. 



It will be seen by reference to Professor Thieneman's 

 work, that that eminent Ooligist describes the eggs of the 

 Crow and the Hooded Crow together, which is in accord- 

 ance with the opinion entertained by many, that both 

 species are, so to speak, one. Certain it is that these two 

 birds have not unfrequently been known to pair together in 



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