. Un manuale illustrato degli uccelli britannici. Non si dimentichi mai. Ha, tuttavia, note più morbide e più musicali, generalmente pronunciate all'inizio dell'anno, mentre l'uccello sta eseguendo aerialevoluzioni e frequenti somersauts; e i suoi poteri imitativi e linguistici in confinamento sono ben noti. C'è una sweep audace in itsflight senza rivali da quello di qualsiasi altro uccello Corvine. Nel suo cibo è isomnivoro ; e dove le sue depredazioni tra agnelli, debolmente ewesand gioco sono, naturalmente, risentito, è timido e difficile di approccio ; ma in altre parti è molto zitto, e a Maiorca ho visto pairswollow

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. An illustrated manual of British birds . lnever be forgotten. It has, however, softer and more musical notes, generally uttered early in the year, while the bird is performing aerialevolutions and frequent somersaults; and its imitative and linguisticpowers in confinement are well known. There is a bold sweep in itsflight unrivalled by that of any other Corvine bird. In its food it isomnivorous ; and where its depredations among lambs, weakly ewesand game are, naturally, resented, it is shy and difficult of approach ;but in other parts it is very tame, and in Majorca I have seen pairsfollowing the peasants closely when ploughing the ground under theolive-trees, just like Rooks. It is a great destroyer of rats. The plumage of the adult is black, glossed with purplish-blueon the upper parts and the acuminate feathers of the throat; tailslightly rounded ; bill, legs and feet black. Length about 25 in. ;wing 17 in. The female is slightly smaller than the male, and herplumage, like that of the young, is less lustrous. CORVID^. ^ZZ. THE CARRION-CROW. CoRvus coR()NE, Liimceus. In spite of the constant persecution which this species under-goes from those interested in the preservation of game, it is stillfairly common in most of the wooded districts of England andWales; especially in the neighbourhood of low-lying coasts, estu-aries, lakes, and somewhat sluggish rivers. Near London, where itis comparatively unmolested, it is by no means rare, and a pair hasnested this year (1888) in one of the Parks. In the north of Eng-land, especially the Lake district and on the Cheviots, it iscommon; and in the south of Scotland and as far north as Perthshire, it is abundant; beyond which, and in the west, the prevailing formis the Hooded Crow : the two not unfrequently interbreeding. Itsasserted occurrence in the Orkneys and Shetlands requires confirma-tion, but it is resident, though scarce, in Skye, and is said to stray tothe Outer Hebrides. In Ireland it is extremely rare, its place

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