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Dr. Adams, assigns it a place in the fauna of India, and Swinhoe in 
that of China; while it frequents at least the northern portion 
of Africa. 
Rot CORWUS CORNIX’ . <6. <-w se « « »  Wol. EM, Pl. IX, 
Hoopep Crow. 
A resident species in the three kingdoms; breeds in Scotland and 
Treland, and but very rarely in England; isto be met with in many 
parts of the European continent, both north and south; and is par- 
ticularly common in Palestine and Egypt, where it is often the 
foster-parent of the young of the Great Spotted Cuckoo (Owylophus 
glandarius). 
192, Corvus FRUGILEGUS Jn Siete) 50 coors WroleeliTe Rh aaxXe 
Roox. 
I have retained this bird in the genus Corvus ; many other authors 
have adopted Lesson’s genus Frugilegus, and Prof. Kaup’s term of 
Tryphanocorax for it and its immediate allies. Unlike the Crows 
the Rooks are gregarious and associate in immense flocks ; they differ 
from them aiso in the structure of their bills, the peculiar form of 
which seems adapted for some special purpose, perhaps for the pro- 
curation of a particular kind of food, such as large underground- 
deposited larvee of insects, grain, and tuberous roots, as the husband- 
man well knows to his cost. The rook is even still more omnivorous ; 
for it will not refuse worms, crustaceans, or carrion thrown up by 
the waves of the sea. Generally dispersed over England, Scotland, 
and Ireland. Rooks are only found in a limited portion of the Old 
World. 
NORM CORVUSEMONEDULA, «6 «© ~w. ~~ « Vol. Tl. Pl bx 
JACKDAW. 
Even this indigenous species and its several near allies have been 
subjected to a generic separation from the genus Corvus, the term 
Lycos having been bestowed upon it by Boie, the specific names 
of the others being collaris for the Macedonian bird, dawuricus for 
the Daurian and Chinese species, neglectus for that inhabiting 
Japan. All are of small size when compared with the true Crows ; 
they affect different situations for the purpose of breeding, resorting 
to rocks, old towers, and holes in the ground rather than to the 
trees. They are strictly denizens of the Old World. 
Genus Freerivs. 
The Red-legged Crows differ considerably from any of the species 
above noticed, and are certainly entitled to a separate generic appel- 
lation, and accordingly have received three or four. The genus 
comprises but few species, only two being recognized, namely the 
