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On reaching the nest it was found to contain a set of five eggs, 

 in every way counterparts of a typical set of Crows' eggs, though 

 of course much larger. About an hour was spent in trying to 

 secure some photographs, but the situation and the darkness of 

 the day caused them to fail. Meanwhile the Ravens circled far 

 overhead, constantly calling their discordant notes. The nest 

 was fully three feet across, and inside the exterior of sticks was 

 a warm lining of sheeps' wool, with some horsehair, a few small 

 pieces of cow's hide and strips of thin bark. The cavity was 

 deeply cupped, the eggs resting fully seven inches below the rim. 



After securing two sets of eggs I naturally suspected that the 

 birds would leave the locality; nevertheless they made a third 

 attempt, and on April 10 David Harrower collected a set of four 

 half-incubated eggs from the first nest. Since that date they 

 have not been seen about the cliff, though on April 24 I saw and 

 heard a solitary bird flying slowly up the Nittany Valley, about 

 one mile from the nest. November 10, 1910, while out towards 

 Scotia, in a section known as the barrens, I observed two Ravens 

 flying over. This locality is ten miles distant from the nesting 

 cliff, and there is no way of telhng whether they were the same 

 pair. While on a trip back in the mountains in Huntingdon 

 County on May 7, 1910, another breeding record of the Raven 

 was established, though the nest was not found. I saw at close 

 range a pair of Ravens, and with them a single young bird, 

 easily identified by his weak Crow-like "cawr," as compared 

 with the hoarse " crrruck " which his parents uttered. Though 

 I failed to find the nesting place, the locality is very wild, and 

 there are several rocky crags as well as some tall, virgin coni- 

 fers, affording good nesting places. Again on May 8 I saw this 

 trio near the same spot. 



From the data presented it will be seen that this pair of 

 Ravens at least were very tenacious of their nesting place. Of 

 course the evidence is far too meagre to draw general conclu- 

 sions, yet the nesting season seems to be much earlier than 

 generally supposed. The 1909 nest must have held eggs by 

 March 10 at least, and the Huntingdon County pair could 

 hardly have nested later than this date, while the 1910 pair had 

 completed their set by March 1. The distance of the nest from 



