. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. ALA UDID.^—LA RKS. I4B On two morning's he had a shot at the Raven, and, as he supposed, wounded it severely the second time. It, or another, however, returned after some days and was seen to take three poisoned eggs and next morning was looking for more f Quite a number of poisoned eggs were consumed on the other side of the river —at Norpitts and Raypitts, Canewdon—as the neighbourhood was well aroused by this Raven visitation. Whether the eggs destroyed the young birds I know not : they evidently didn't the o
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. ALA UDID.^—LA RKS. I4B On two morning's he had a shot at the Raven, and, as he supposed, wounded it severely the second time. It, or another, however, returned after some days and was seen to take three poisoned eggs and next morning was looking for more f Quite a number of poisoned eggs were consumed on the other side of the river —at Norpitts and Raypitts, Canewdon—as the neighbourhood was well aroused by this Raven visitation. Whether the eggs destroyed the young birds I know not : they evidently didn't the old one ! I never heard of any damage from Ravens near either Osey or Northey. These destructive and bloodthirsty habits were probably developed from the fact of one or two dead horses being left on Bridge Marsh. " I used to know (for three 3rears, 1872-4) of two nests within a quarter of a mile of one another near the Devil's Steps, Thundersley, in some tall hedgerow-elms. The Ravens probably nested there long previously, and they continued to do sc- at least up to 1880. In 1879, I nearly had the young ones sent me from one nest, by my brother-in-law, Mr. John Wallis, of Jarvis Hall, instead of a brood of Car- rion Crows, which I wanted for Mr. Henry Laver. My wife thought the young- Crows ate quite enough, during the few days we kept them ! This locality is now deserted. Mr. James Farrow, bailiff at Kent's Hill, South Benfleet, in answer to- enquiries, replied as below, under date April 9th, 1889 :— " ' I have been waiting to see if I could hear anything aboutwhere the Ravens- are building, but cannot. They have cut the branches what they used to build on off, and I should think that is the reason they have left the trees.' " One of these pairs had probably removed to the Hole or Pinesnest farm,, between South Benfleet brick-field (now disused) and Hadleigh Castle. We saw this year's eggs from this nest exhibited bj^ Mr. Foster, at the Southend meeting o
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