CARRION CROW. 97 



LETTER IX. 



1 nines eodem cogimur." 



HORACE. 



Carrion Crow His Haunts and Habits during the Sum- 

 mer Hammer-ponds Crow - Mussel Winter 

 Haunts of the Hooded and Carrion Crows Par- 

 tiality of several Corvida to the Sea-coast at this 

 Season Local separation of two nearly-allied Species 

 Probable Cause. 



THE carrion crow (Corvm cor one) is a well- 

 known bird in most parts of Sussex, but more 

 especially frequents the wooded districts north of 

 the Downs during the spring and summer, where, 

 notwithstanding the dangers to which he is occa- 

 sionally exposed from bird-nesting boys and vigi- 

 lant gamekeepers, the species seems to have found 

 a strong hold, and does not appear to be sensibly 

 diminishing. 



After the bursting of the leaf it is difficult to 

 discover his haunts ; so shy and solitary are his 

 habits, that two nests are seldom to be found in 

 the immediate neighbourhood of each other : and 



