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Hooded Crow. 



First noted on G October, with an increase on the Dtli. 



Caerion-Crow. 



"Common breedinn- species '^ fl).). Thijsse mentions a 

 nest very low down in a white -thorn on tlie dnnes. Leege- 

 Juist records it as not very common on Texel, nesting in the 

 decoys and on bnshes in the dunes; also in the decoys at 

 Terschelling and Ylieland, where a nest was found on a 

 horizontal plank o£ a wind screen, iive feet from the ground ; 

 he considers it commoner on Ameland, where it breeds in 

 high trees ; he also records nests on a church tower and 

 on the gable of a church roof there. 



Rook. 



One seen on 27 September. " Many small colonies np to 

 ten pairs on Texel only " (L.J.). " ( -ommon breeding 

 species '^ (D.). " Breeds"'^ (Tb.). 



Skylark. 



Common on the grass fields, dunes, and '' ])uzzle-\veed '' on 

 the shore during August. Noted each day in Septendjer and 

 October, with an increase on 22 and 21 September, but it 

 appeared to pass on. Some seen arriving from the north- 

 east across the water on the 24th and 25th — the latter a foggy, 

 still day. " (jommon ])reeding species and migrant ^' (D.). 

 " Breeds '^ CJ^''-)- " Vory common on all the islands^' 

 (L.J.). 



(Crested Lark. 



Said by Daalder to breed, though rarely, in the dunes at 

 Slufterbollen, where, however, we did not meet with it on 

 ;U August. "Breeds; nest built on roof of a barn '^ (Th.), 

 "Single pairs nest in the dunes " (L.J. ). " Doubtful as a 

 breeding species"^' (V-)* 



Short-toed Lark. 



" One pair seen April 1914" (V.). 



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