. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . oconfine itself to these comfortable surroundings, as the follow-ing account, which appeared in the Berwickshire News of the5th of May 1887, shows:—While the chimneys of the man-sion-house of Mellerstain were being cleaned on Saturday last,a Jackdaws nest was found in one of the vents. On the nestbeing taken out, the workmen were greatly surprised to findamong the materials composing it, a will belonging to a mannamed
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . oconfine itself to these comfortable surroundings, as the follow-ing account, which appeared in the Berwickshire News of the5th of May 1887, shows:—While the chimneys of the man-sion-house of Mellerstain were being cleaned on Saturday last,a Jackdaws nest was found in one of the vents. On the nestbeing taken out, the workmen were greatly surprised to findamong the materials composing it, a will belonging to a mannamed Eobertson, who had lived at one time near Meller-stain. Wonderful to relate, it was entire, with the excep-tion of a small bit torn off one of the corners. It wassent off to the relatives, who live near Leitholm. Howit came there is a mystery. The thieving propensities ofthe Jackdaw are well known, but surely it is rare that a will is carried off for the purpose of making a nest. The eggs, which are from four to six in number, arebluish green, freckled and spotted with ash grey and olivebrown. The young are often taken from the nest by boysto be tamed and kept as
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