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under date August 5th, 1873, kindly given me the following 

 additional information. ''I have great pleasure in informing 

 you that a pair of Eavens huilt their nest and reared their 

 young this spring on the Kielder Estate, the property of the 

 Duke of jSTorthumberland. I heard this from our gamekeeper, 

 at "WTiickhope, a few days ago, who also said that a pair occa- 

 sionally huilds a nest, near Chattlehope Spout, on the Eeed- 

 water. The Eavens did not build at "Whickhope this spring, 

 although they were sometimes seen about their usual haunting 

 place." I am also indebted to Mr. Lebour for the information, 

 that a nest or two may yet be seen at Eaven's Cleugh, near Al- 

 winton, on the Coquet. 



In the latter part of the last century a Eaven annually built 

 its nest in the steeple of St. Nicholas' Church, ^Newcastle, I 

 received this information from the late Mr. E. E. "Wingate, who 

 possessed an egg taken from a nest in the steeple. When a 

 youth, he saw the old birds pass in and out of the hole in which 

 the nest was placed. 



14. Caeeion Ceow. C. coeone, Linnceus. 



Corvus corone, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 74. 

 ,, ,, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, II., 78. 



This, like the Eaven, is a resident, but it is rapidly disappear- 

 ing under the persecution of the game-preservers, to whom I 

 would earnestly recommend the perusal of the article on this 

 Crow in Waterton's " Essays on Natural History." In wooded 

 districts, nevertheless, the croak of this bird may still occasion- 

 ally be heard, and the nest met with. 



15. Hooded Ceow. C. coenix, Linnceus. 



Corvus comix, Bewick, Hist Biit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 76. 

 Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Bii-ds, Ed. 2, II., 82. 



A common winter visitant. It is seen everywhere in October, 

 most frequently on our sea shores, and by the margins of our 

 rivers. 



Notwithstanding the apparent distinctness of this species, it 



