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both on inland ranges of cliffs, and on the east coast of 

 Skye. 



Pica rustica. — Casual visitant. A single Magpie was 

 observed at Waternish in May 1882 by Captain Macdonald, 

 who had not seen one for many years previous. 



Corvus monedida. — Eesident, but scarce. A pair nested at 

 Miloveig in 1882. There is a colony at Dunvegan. 



Corvtcs corone. — Resident, but very scarce. Charles Shaw, 

 who trapped great numbers of Carrion Crows on a shooting 

 in the South of Scotland, informs me that he has met with 

 undoubted Carrions in Duirinish — the last in the autumn of 

 1885. Mr Dixon also met with it. 



Corvus comix. — Eesident ; and though an expert oologist, 

 the Hoodie feeds largely on fish offal and flotsam or jetsam. 

 All those I have examined in Skye have been pure bred. [In 

 some districts, however, it has become almost extinct or very 

 scarce — as, for instance, around Bracadale Manse, where the 

 keepers have been slaughtering them wholesale for years. — 

 J. A. H. B.] 



Corvus frugilegus. — Resident, and increasing. Two fine 

 Rookeries exist near Dunvegan, a third at Skeabost, a fourth 

 at Greshornish ; they would nest, if permitted, at Lynedale 

 and Waternish. The Skeabost and Greshornish colonies are 

 not of twenty years' standing, but the Rook must be an old 

 resident in Skye, for more than forty years ago the Rev. J. 

 Mackinnon, minister of Strath, wrote : — " A rook with white 

 wings has been observed in the parish." There is also a 

 Rookery at Gesto, in the Parish of Bracadale {aucL Rev. John 

 M'Lean) ; another at Carbost ; another at Herpur. 



Corvus corax. — Resident; nesting when permitted at 

 Greshornish, Waternish, Galtrigill, Miloveig, Ramasaig, 

 Lowergill, generally rearing four young on the face of an 

 overhanging precipice.^ On January 4th last, I enjoyed a 

 good view of a Raven hotly chevying a Hooded Crow across 

 Dunvegan Loch, whence he returned with many a triumphant 



1 In Ulinisli Macdonald killed twenty-five Ravens between N'ovember 1885 

 and July 1886. Similar numbers are killed in some years on the Portree 

 shooting. Three pairs nested in Glendale in 1886, one brood flying at the 

 end of May, the others later. 



