152 '' The Raven Wj/s^ [Sess. 



Trichoderma lignorum (Tode) Harz. — On dead wood, 2. 



Ovularia veronicae (Fckl.) Sacc. — On Germander Speedwell, 2. 



0. obliqua (Cke.) Oud. — On Broad-leaved Dock, 1, 2. 



Sepedonium chrysospermum (Bull.) Fr. — In decaying Boleti, 2. 



Didymaria Ungeri Corda. — On living leaves of Creeping Buttercup, 1, 2. 



Kamularia variabilis Fckl. — On Foxglove, 1. 



R. Valerianae (Speg.) Sacc. — On Common Valerian, 1. 



R. urticse Ces. — On Great Nettle, 2. 



Bispora monilioides Corda. — On sawn surface of a Beech-stump, 2. 



Cercospora mercurialis Fckl. — On living leaves of Dog's Mercury, 2. 



Tubercularia vulgaris Tode. — On dead branches, 2. 



X,—'' TEE RAVEN WYS." 



By Mr J. C. ADAM. 



{Communicated, Feb. 21^, 1909.) 



Your bird-photographer, like other cranks, has his ambitions. 

 To the sane they may be paltry, even infantile ; to the crank 

 they are everything. My brother of that persuasion had his, 

 as his aider and abettor and lifelong confederate I had mine, 

 and for years in the very forefront of that noble company of 

 visions, destined most of them never to materialise, had been 

 the photography of young Eavens. Up to last spring, how- 

 ever, misfortune had dogged us, dogged us so relentlessly that 

 a man must needs be a crank to have let ambition survive. 

 Sometimes it had been weather, sometimes our own mis- 

 calculations, once a keeper's murderous gun, often the Eaven's 

 own particular cuteness, but thwarted, outwitted, discomfited 

 had been the invariable state of mind and body when we 

 turned our weary footsteps homeward. 



Last year ambition was as strong within us as ever, and 

 one wild day in March, in the teeth of a south-westerly 

 blizzard, we located a nest which we thought would suit our 

 purpose. We gave it eight weeks to bring the youngsters to 

 the stage when the camera might be turned upon them with 

 reasonable profit. You who are aware how some of our 



