Birds. 7477 



Eggs, 4, 5. " The eggs measure seven-eighths of an inch in length 

 and five-eighths of an inch in breadth ; the colour white, slightly 

 tinged with pale skim-milk blue, and sparingly speckled with red." — 

 il/r. Long. 



Starling, Sturnus vulgaris. 



Sittiation. In hollow trees, holes in the walls of ruins, sea cliffs, 

 and more commonly in houses, entering a hole under the eaves. They 

 have bred in the house I inhabit for many years. 



Materials. Sticks, straw, hay, roots. 



Eggs, 4. Delicate pale blue, unspotted. 



I have frequently known three old birds to one nest. 



Chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus. 



Situation. In the holes of ruins and near the sea, and in sea-cliffs 

 and sea-caves. 



Materials. Sticks, lined with a great quantity of wool and hair. 



Eggs, 5, 6. Dirty white, spotted and blotched, more especially at 

 the larger end, with raw sienna-brown and ash-colour. 



Raven, Corvus corax. 



Situation. Tops of lofty trees or crevices of sea-cliffs and other 

 inaccessible rocks. 



Materials. Sticks of various sizes, lined with wool and hair. 



Eggs, 5, 6. Gray-green, spotted and blotched with smoky brown. 



Crow, Corvus cor one. 



Situation. Tops of trees in woods. 



Materials. Sticks, the larger outside, the smaller inside ; these 

 latter plastered with mud, clay or cowdung; lined with wool and 

 horsehair. 



Eggs, 4, 5. Gray- green, blotched and spotted with smoky brown. 

 " I have eggs, both of the crow and rook, of a clear blue, without 

 spots." — Mr, Bond. 



Hooded Crow, Corvus comix. 



Situation. In rocks and sea-cliffs in Scotland ; sometimes in trees. 

 "The hooded crow breeds in the islands of Loch Maddie in great 

 abundance, building a, nest very similar to that of the carrion crow, 

 and laying four or five eggs rather smaller than the carrion crow's, 

 and of a greenish blue colour, freckled with brown." — Sir William 

 Milner (Zool. 2015). 



Materials. Sticks, heather, wool. 



Eggs, 4, 5. Gray-green, blotched and spotted with smoky brown. 



Rook, Corvus frugileg us. 



Situation. The tops of tall trees, generally in the neighbourhood of 



