Loxia curvirostra. 



Cros-'^hill. 



A flock of these birds was seen on the 12th of October,. 

 1866, among the firs on Martinsell. Mr. Parker, bird- 

 stufPer of this town, has also assured me of their occurrence 

 in this neighbourhood. 



Corvus corax. 



Haven. 



The days have long gone by when this bird could be 

 accounted a common species. I have never met with a 

 Marlborough specimen, but the following account from the 

 " Flora" list is authentic : — " A pair of these birds built 

 for many years in succession in a magnificent clump of fir 

 trees in the Forest, around which they might be heard 

 croaking incessantly from the end of December, when 

 nidification commences, to the end of March, when the 

 young are usuall}-- able to leave the nest. The place has 

 been deserted by them now for three years, owmg to some 

 inscrutable reason, as the year preceding their desertion 

 they certainly reared three of their young in safety. The 

 tree was scaled in 1857, and three out of six eggs were 

 taken ; of these three, two were perfectly fresh, while in 

 the third there was a live bird. Thus it would appear that 

 the Raven does what the Barn Owl has been observed to 

 do frequently — viz., lay its eggs at considerable intervals, 

 leaving those last layed to be hatched by the warmth of the 

 young birds. Some eggs taken from the same nest several 



