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HOODED CROW. 



ROYSTON CROW. GREY CROW. GREY-BACKED CROW. SCARE-CROW. 

 HOODY. DUN CROW. BUNTING CROW. 



PLATE XLV. 



Corvus corrtix, LINN^IUS. GMELIN. 



" cinerea, BRISSON. KAY. 



THE nest is placed in trees, or in the clefts and chasms of rocks 

 and hill sides, and is composed of sticks, roots, stalks, or heather, and 

 lined with wool and hair. 



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

 all over with greenish brown. 



One variety is very pale yellowish green, slightly variegated with a 

 few dull green blots, streaks, and dots. 



Another is nearly all uniform dull dark green, here and there slightly 

 marked with darker. 



Another is of a bright yellowish green, moderately marked with 

 dashes, streaks, and blots of greenish brown. . 



A fourth is of a darker ground colour, much marked all over. 



It will be seen by reference to Professor Thieneman's work, that that 

 eminent oologist describes the eggs of the Crow and the Hooded Crow 

 together, which is in accordance with the opinion entertained by some, 

 as mentioned in my ' History of British Birds/ that both species are, 

 so to speak, one. Certain it is that these two birds have not unfre- 

 quently been known to pair together in the wild state; but as the like 

 has been known to be the case with other species, it is not of itself 

 absolutely demonstrative of the fact. 



