NOTES FROM THE SOUTH. 621 
very clumsily and were instructed in the tearing of the carrion 
by blows from the beaks of their parents. On one occasion, 
when 1 had placed an Eagle-Owl upon a ruinous old Turkish 
“kula” near which I had also exposed a carcass, several 
Ravens came and for some minutes swooped down close to 
the Owl with loud croaks, but afterwards pitched on the ground 
and did not disturb themselves any further during their meal. 
For more than fourteen days I did not see a single Raven on 
Lacroma, but at last, after great quantities of kitchen scraps 
had been thrown into the sea near the castle, and some bones 
were lying about on the rocks, two of these birds appeared on 
the same day, and afterwards made repeated daily visits to 
the place. 
’ Corvus coRONE. Hooded Crow. 
Corvus FRUGILEGUS. Rook. 
On stormy days during the middle of March large flocks 
of both these birds were seen passing over the island of 
Lacroma from south to north. 
Corvus cornix. Carrion-Crow. 
Observed in April round Mostar and in Northern Dalmatia, 
but nowhere in large numbers. 
MonepvuLa TuRRIUM. Jackdaw. 
Only seen in the neighbourhood of Mostar, where it was 
nesting in the cliffs and circling round the minarets of the 
mosques. 
Pica caupaTa. Magpie. 
Only observed on the plains between Metkovié and Mostar. 
GARRULUS GLANDARIUS. Jay. 
Often seen in the low oak-woods of the Herzegovina in 
March and April. 
