. The birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire : a contribution to the natural history of the two counties . for a notice ofwhich I am indebted to the Rev. H. Crewe. It hasbeen observed in the plantations at Fulmer, and isreported to have been seen in Burnham were shot late in the autumn of 1857 nearVirginia Water, and were taken for preservation toMr. Hasell, of Windsor, who told me that a singlebird of the same species was brought to him fromthe same locality in the winter of 1866. A maleCrossbill flew into a room in a house near Readinga few years ago, and a female bird of this s
. The birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire : a contribution to the natural history of the two counties . for a notice ofwhich I am indebted to the Rev. H. Crewe. It hasbeen observed in the plantations at Fulmer, and isreported to have been seen in Burnham were shot late in the autumn of 1857 nearVirginia Water, and were taken for preservation toMr. Hasell, of Windsor, who told me that a singlebird of the same species was brought to him fromthe same locality in the winter of 1866. A maleCrossbill flew into a room in a house near Readinga few years ago, and a female bird of this specieswas seen sitting in a tall hedge in the road betweenEton and Datchet, by Mr. J. Clayton, of Eton, earlyin the morning of the 30th of November, 1867. Williams shot a pair near Aldbury a shorttime ago, and it has been taken at Risborough. Family—CORVID^. Hooded Crow {Corvus comix). Locally termedRoyston Crow. May be observed along the banksof the Thames every winter. This crow is exceed-ingly wary, as those who have attempted to get ashot will doubtless have discovered. A few, however,. THE HOODED comix. CORVID^. 113 are generally killed during the winter season in theneighbourhood of Windsor, Cookham, and Maiden-head. At the large reservoirs near Drayton Beauchamp,this species is common in winter. It is also foundduring frosty weather in the neighbourhood of Ches-ham. Besides being wary, the Royston Crow possessesa great amount of cunning, as the following anecdotewill show. A friend was driving home one evening, when heobserved one of these Crows feeding on a dead sheepby the roadside: he shot it, picked it up, and placedit carefully in the bottom of the carriage—apparentlyquite dead. He had not proceeded far when onhearing a noise behind him, he looked round andwas surprised to see the bird sitting on the back-rail of the vehicle; on stretching out his hand torecapture it, to his amazement the Crow flew watched it for some distance, and a
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