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that they are migratory in their respective coun- 

 tries, resorting in the breeding time to high 

 mountains. They breed also in the southern 

 parts of Germany on the banks of the Danube* 

 and extend as far north as Norway and Fm- 

 mark:\ They are found in all parts of Russia 

 and Sibiria, but never are seen beyond the 

 Lena; to the east of the Oby they are very 

 large, and often vary to black. 



They are very common in Scotland ; in many 

 parts of the Highlands, and in all the Hebrides, 

 Orknies, and Shetlands, are the only species of 

 genuine crow : the Carrion and the Rook being 

 unknown there. They breed and continue in 

 those parts, the whole year round. Perhaps 

 those that inhabit the northern parts of Europe, 

 are the same which migrate here. In Swede?! they 

 build in the alder trees ; in the Highlands indif- 

 ferently in all kinds. In the Orkney and Shet- 

 land, islands, which are destitute of trees, they 

 make their nests in the holes of the rocks ; they 

 lay six eggs. They have a shriller note than the 

 common crow, are much more mischievous, pick 

 out the eyes of lambs, and even of horses when 

 engaged in bogs ; are therefore in many places 

 proscribed, and rewards given for killing them. 



* Kram. 333. + Seems, 23 Q 



