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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
kind — it even occasionally builds an open nest among 
the branches of some thick tree. 
Dr. Sclater ^ notes that a considerable colony nests 
in the holes of the large chalk pit at Odiham. 
96. Corvus cor one, Carrion-Crow . 
A resident, sparingly distributed in all the districts of 
the mainland, but more plentiful in the Isle of Wight. 
It is in our county solitary during the nesting-season, 
but more gregarious at other times. 
Gilbert White only casually remarks on the species, 
but mentions the fact of a pair of sparrow-hawks having 
bred in an old crow's nest in Selborne Hanger.^ 
97. Corvus comix. Hooded Crow. 
Grey Crow. Royston Crow. 
A winter visitor. 
It is of regular and fairly common occurrence on all 
our coasts, but occurs only sparingly and occasionally 
in some inland localities. 
Gilbert White includes this species in his list of " Winter 
Birds of Passage" under the name of " Royston Crow," 
remarking that it is " most frequent on downs." In 
travelling home once from Wiltshire he did not obser\'e 
any until he came about Andover. 3 
* ** Hants Court Guide." 
^ I/Ctter xliii. to Pennant. 
3 " Life of White." Vol. I., p. 175. 
