Text Appearing Before Image: sare still found in the Northern Counties, but it is only in the milderparts of the north and west that the Raven occurs regularly, whereit breeds in the cliffs of the high fells and on crag ledges of unfrequenteddales. Although exceedingly rare in Lancashire, it may be still seen onsome of the wilder hills in the north of the County, and there are fewof the hill districts without some rocky crag which takes its name fromthe bird (Mitchell, Birds of Lancashire, p. 83). In Cheshire, Ravenswere plentiful in the 15th Century, and formerly frequented the marshesof the Dee Estuary. A pair nested on Hilbre Island in 1857 (Coward, Birds of Cheshire, p. 102). The nest is large and bulky and the same nest may be occupiedyear after year. The eggs (see British Bird Egg Cabinet, drawer 6)are laid early in the year and do not greatly exceed in size those of theCarrion Crow. They are three to six in number, and have a groundcolour of bluish or greyish-green, thickly blotched and overlaid withbrown. Text Appearing After Image: Hooded or Grey Crow Groip.Case 102.
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