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WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS chap, xix 



pigeon during the breeding-season frequently enter into a 

 mutual compact against the crows and jackdaws, which are 

 constantly on the look-out for the eggs of all other birds. The 

 hawk appears to depend on the vigilance of the wood-pigeon 

 to warn him of the approach of these marauders ; and then the 

 brave little warrior sallies out, and is not satisfied till he has 

 driven the crow to a safe distance from the nests of himself and 

 his more peaceable ally. At least in no other way can I account 

 for these two birds so very frequently breeding not only in the 

 same range of rock, but within two or three yards of each 

 other. 



SITE OF HERONRY ON THE FINDHORN 



