60 BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 



the Raven was at one time a resident in North Lin- 

 colnshire. It has now long ceased to be found either 

 in this county or in Holderness ; and although I have 

 made many inquiries, I can hear of none as either 

 seen or captured during the last ten years in this 

 district. Formerly bred 011 the cliffs at Flamborough ; 

 the last nest was taken from the cliff near the well- 

 known "King and Queen" rocks about thirty-five 

 years ago. 



102. CORVUS CORONE, Linnaeus. Carrion- Crow. 



Provincial. Cad Crow. 



Common, and generally distributed. From a large 

 extent of North Lincolnshire being unpreserved, or 

 only partially so, our Crows have enjoyed an immunity 

 from persecution not shared in by their brethren in 

 the large game-preserving counties. Their nests may 

 be found in all the great woodlands and most of the 

 smaller plantations and spinneys in the district. 

 They are likewise very partial to hedgerow timber 

 where the trees are of sufficient age and altitude, par- 

 ticularly detached trees in the marshes commanding 

 an uninterrupted range. In the winter they resort 

 much to the Humber flats, consorting and feeding 

 with Hooded Crows on various shell-fish and garbage 

 cast up by the tide. 



I do not consider the Carrion- Crow so early a 

 breeder as some authors allege, as we seldom find 

 young branchers in the plantations before the first 



