CHAPTER XIX. 



THE RAVEN AND THE CROWS THE MAGPIE THE JAY THE NUTCRACKER 

 THE WOODPECKERS THE WRYNECK THE HOOPOE THE CUCKOO. 



THE Raven (Korp, Sw. ; Corvus Corax, Linn.) was 

 common with us ; as also throughout the length and breadth 

 of Scandinavia. Though it may shift its quarters somewhat 

 according to the season many of them for instance repairing 

 to the coast in the winter it remains in the peninsula all 

 the year round. In Denmark it would seem to be much 

 less abundant than in Sweden. 



This bird having the trick, when domesticated, of pur- 

 loining and hiding everything it can get hold of, has given 

 rise to the Swedish saw : Stjdla som en korp that is, 

 thieve as a raven. 



It breeds early, sometimes in trees, but more often on 

 the shelf, or in the crevice of some precipitous rock. The 

 female lays from four to six eggs, which, though larger, are 



