. The birds of Europe . heir positions upon the coast or about armletsof the sea find a plentiful supply in the remains of dead fish and Crustacea, to which are added worms and va-rious species of mollusca. In the inland districts they eat worms, beetles, and whatever offal may fall in theirway. The Hooded Crow is abundantly dispersed along the banks of the Thames, and all such rivers as are underthe influence of the tides. During the period of incubation they are said to be very destructive to the eggs and young of the RedGrouse, and will even attack lambs and sheep. The eggs are four or five
. The birds of Europe . heir positions upon the coast or about armletsof the sea find a plentiful supply in the remains of dead fish and Crustacea, to which are added worms and va-rious species of mollusca. In the inland districts they eat worms, beetles, and whatever offal may fall in theirway. The Hooded Crow is abundantly dispersed along the banks of the Thames, and all such rivers as are underthe influence of the tides. During the period of incubation they are said to be very destructive to the eggs and young of the RedGrouse, and will even attack lambs and sheep. The eggs are four or five in number, of a greenish groundcolour, mottled with dark brown. The sexes are alike in plumage, and the young attain at an early age the colouring of their parents. The head, throat, wings, and tail are black, with purple and green reflections; the remainder of the body issmoky grey, the shafts of each feather being darker; legs and bill black ; irides dark brown. The Plate represents an adult male of the natural Jtowm;friM, J)vV-*>- ,t: YL-}~h:~iw ly j \:]l l-?iu-\- ^^^/v Jfa&6e<£k/ ,/■ JACKDAW. Corvus monedula, Choucas. The Jackdaw, still more bold and familiar than the Rook, which approaches so near the residence of manduring the period of incubation, advances under the very i-oofs of our dwellings, as if to solicit for itself andits sooty progeny some especial care and protection; it also lives in towers, old castles, and deserted ruins, theloneliness of which it enlivens with its noisy animated actions and gregarious habits. Its range of habitat, although not equal to that of the Raven, is nevertheless widely extended, the bird being-dispersed over every part of Europe, and the contiguous portions of Asia and Africa. During the seasons of autumn and winter, the Jackdaw associates with the Rook, in whose society it ap-pears to dwell in amity, feeding with it by day and retiring with it at night to the rookery or the accusto
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