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opposite sides of Sulby Glen, where also some Jackdaws 
used to nest on the steep banks of the stream near the 
junction of the parishes not far from its head, a beautiful 
retreat half hidden in ferns and bushes. They are seldom 
known to make use of hollow trees in Man, which, indeed, 
offers few opportunities for this, but Mr. Crellin tells me 
he has observed at Ballachurry two or three pairs nesting 
in holes in elm-trees, where boughs had been broken off, 
and in 1904 Mr. Graves found a nest in a hollow tree at 
Ballamoar. 
In the Manx towns the Jackdaw shows the usual amusing 
and mischievous traits. 
Mr. Kermode relates that at Ballaugh rectory in 1890 
‘a pair kept dropping sticks down the chimney regularly 
for a fortnight, then three eggs came down. Later, an 
old bird, whether the nest builder or not I cannot say, 
tumbled down into the room. This illustrates the per- 
severance of the Jackdaw in adhering to an unsuitable 
site. From the litter deposited in a disused chimney at 
Castletown were taken one hundred and thirty clothes- 
pegs of various makes, and fifty from another chimney in 
the same town, as Mr. J. Qualtrough tells me. 
On the cliffs they are a favourite prey of the Peregrine 
Falcon, yet on Peel Hill a colony nests a short distance 
above a ledge often tenanted by the latter. 
Jackdaws, according to Townley, bred on Douglas Head 
in 1789. 
The Jackdaw is generally abundant on the surrounding 
coasts. It does not breed on Rathlin, but does so on 
Lambay and the Copelands, also on Tory Island, Howth 
Head, Horn Head, and the Waterford cliffs, and indeed 
is a frequent rock as well as town breeder in Ireland, where, 
however, it is not yet universal. In Galloway it is abundant, 
and there also it would seem largely a cliff-breeder. It is 
