THE EAVEISF 



Corvits Cora.r. 



LTHOUGH the name of the 

 Raven is as familiar to the 

 world as that of the Lark, 

 there are few indeed who have 

 seen one in a state of nature, 

 and this for various reasons 

 notably because they are now 

 particularly scarce, and again 

 because they affect certain dis- 

 tricts. Although there may 

 be other localities equally well 

 adapted to support them, 

 nothing will induce them to 

 forsake their old haunts. For 

 instance, a pair of Ravens have 

 built and bred in the chalk 

 cliff of Beach y Head for many 

 years, and the systematic taking 

 of their young does not deter 

 them from making fresh ven- 

 tures on the same spot. Should 

 either of a pair of Ravens be 

 killed, another partner soon pre- 

 sents itself; and even if both 



