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BIRDS OF THE WAVE AND WOODLAND 



enemies that hide in the soil, the rook will feed on turnips. 

 When the potatoes are coming on, the rooks go down 

 between the hills prodding in the earth for the worms and 

 larvai that assemble to eat the young tubers, and, it may be. 



CROWS AT SUNDOWN 



eating many of them themselves. When hens' eggs are 

 left undefended the rook will carry them off. But how very 

 trifling such damage is as compared with the good that is 

 done by this hard-working bird. I have myself allowed 

 an acre of potatoes to swarm day after day with rooks, 

 and when the crop was gathered it was a first-rate one. 



