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villages, where it nests in chimneys—(in 1903 Mr. Graves 
observed some in the thick ivy on the steeple of Lezayre 
church)—and holes in buildings. Peel Castle is inhabited 
by Jackdaws, and so is Castle Rushen, to a less extent. 
Round the sea-coast there are numerous colonies in stony 
brows and scarps of rock, and the Daw nests also in holes 
in the northern sand-cliffs. On the brows about Knock- 
sharry there is a colony, and many Jackdaws breed on the 
‘Ladder’ cliff, at Traie Cabbage and Traie ny Volain, and 
in the high ‘creggans’ bordering the outlet of Glenmay. 
They have again a picturesque resort in the fissures of the 
lofty Gob ny Gameren, Dalby, but in the uncultivated wilds 
further south they disappear until Fleshwick is reached, 
where they nest in the gully of Raclay. On the Calf of 
Man there are Jackdaws about the farm, but we did not 
notice them on the cliffs. They breed about Perwick, and 
on the brows of Santon. The creek of Soldrick or Port e 
Kennish, a large cave at the mouth of which, with a 
‘gloup’ opening into it, is tenanted by a small colony, is 
sometimes called ‘Jackdaw Harbour. There are stations 
at the Whing and Wallberry, and beyond Douglas, on 
Lag e Berry at Banks’ Howe. There is a colony on Clay 
Head, and others among the picturesque ivy-covered crags 
south of Garwick, and again a few nest under Ballabeg 
(Lonan), and the slopes above Traie Curn (Maughold Head) 
are inhabited. The flocks belonging to these coast breed- 
ing places do not, however, like Grey Crows, find their food 
on the shore, and are rarely seen at the tide edge; they feed 
with Rooks and Starlings in the fields adjoining during the 
nesting season, as at other times. The cliffs frequented are 
often ivy-clad. The eggs are laid about the end of April. 
Mr. Graves says six is not an unusual number. 
Inland there are fewer natural breeding places, but such 
exist in the rocky brows of the Carrick and Karrin, on 
