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CORVIDAE. 
INSESSORES. 
CONIROSTEES. 
CORVID.JE. 
HOODED CHOW. 
ROYSTON CROW. 
CORVUS CORNIX. 
PLATE LVIII. FIG. IT. 
The Hooded Crow is a rare bird in England during 
the summer months ; a few instances only being recorded 
in which it has remained so far south to breed. It is, 
then, not uncommon in Scotland, and is sparingly dis¬ 
persed through the Orkney and Shetland Islands. The 
Hooded Crow has been known to breed near Scarbo¬ 
rough, and also in the neighbourhood of Berwick-on- 
Tweed. It seems to accommodate itself with indiffer¬ 
ence as to the position of its nest. In Scotland it is 
found, according to Mr. Selby, in trees, rocks, and pre¬ 
cipices on the sea-shore. In Shetland, where trees do 
not exist, and it would be as difficult to find a stick, 
the Hooded Crow builds its nest upon the cliffs, or sin¬ 
gle rocks, stacks as they are there appropriately called, 
which are surrounded by the sea ; and resorts to the 
same substitute as the eagles, forming it of the long and 
very flexible branches of the larger sea-weeds, and lining 
it with quantities of dry grass, wool, hair, and other soft 
materials. 
In Norway they inhabit here and there the boundless, 
forests, but never at any great distance from the sea, 
