. My life among the wild birds in Spain . z — 24> CHAPTER COMMON RAVEN (Corvus corax). Late nesters in Spain—Curious habit of congregating—The Tangier or Brown-necked Raven—A nest in a pine tree—Raven trapping—Artful choice ofnesting quarters—A two-fronted residence—Nest in a deep fissure—Awkwardphotography—Arrangement of eggs in AVENS are extremely abundant insouthern Spain and are even moreso in Morocco. Despite their well-known appearance, flight and call,which render them unmistakable atalmost any distance, few birds havecaused me greater perplexity in myattempts to unders
. My life among the wild birds in Spain . z — 24> CHAPTER COMMON RAVEN (Corvus corax). Late nesters in Spain—Curious habit of congregating—The Tangier or Brown-necked Raven—A nest in a pine tree—Raven trapping—Artful choice ofnesting quarters—A two-fronted residence—Nest in a deep fissure—Awkwardphotography—Arrangement of eggs in AVENS are extremely abundant insouthern Spain and are even moreso in Morocco. Despite their well-known appearance, flight and call,which render them unmistakable atalmost any distance, few birds havecaused me greater perplexity in myattempts to understand their ways orthe reasons which regulate theirmovements. To begin with, insouthern Spain, where, accordingto our British standard of climate,an almost perpetual summer reigns,the Ravens nest, not, as mightreasonably be assumed some weeks earlier than in our Islands, buton the contrary, at least a month and frequently, more than twomonths later. Curiouslv enough 1 found much the same condition oi 16 242 The Common Raven things in the Island of Crete, where, out of many nests visited, onlyone contained eggs during the last week of March 1886, the restbeing still in course of construction. Why it is that in the exposedand almost arctic climate of northern Scotland as well as in the wetand storm-swept shores of Ireland and the west of Eng
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