WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS 



season frequently enter into a mutual compact against the 

 crows and jackdaws, who are constantly on the look-out 

 for the eggs of all other birds. The hawk appears to depend 

 on the vigilance of the wood-pigeon to warn him of the 

 approach of these marauders;and then the brave littlewar- 

 rior sallies out, and is not satisfied till he has driven the 

 crow to a safe distance from the nests of himself and his 

 more peaceable ally. At least in no other way can I account 

 for these two birds so very frequently breeding not only in 

 the same range of rock, but within two or three yards of 

 each other. 



