CROW. 
CARRION CROW. GOR CROW. GORE CROW. 
BLACK NEB. FLESH CROW. 
PEATE SPV, 
Corvus corone, . : : Pennant. Montacu. 
Nipirication begins the end of February, or begin- 
ning of March, both birds helping to make the nest. 
The nest is built m rocks or in trees, generally high 
up, and is made of sticks, firmly cemented with clay, 
and lined with roots, and again with straw, wool, moss, 
fur, hair, or anything else that is soft: the latter the 
Crows pull for the purpose from the backs of animals. 
It is usually concealed as much as may be, for instance, 
among the topmost branches of a tall fir tree; but if 
not, is placed on some bough near to the trunk of the 
tree, or in the cleft formed by the main branches. A 
pair built on the ground in one of the Fern Islands, 
and their nest was made of pieces of turf laid one upon 
another, and lined with wool, all brought from the 
mainland, four or five miles distant. The Rev. W. 
Waldo Cooper has known a nest repaired the second 
year. 
The eggs, four to six im number, are pale bluish 
green, spotted and speckled with grey and brown: some 
are pale blue undertinted with grey. 
One variety is almost white and immaculate. 
