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Whole length of an adult male twenty inches. Wings 

 from the carpal joint to the end of the quill-feathers thirteen 

 inches : the first feather three inches shorter than the second, 

 which is one inch shorter than the third ; the third but little 

 shorter than the fourth, which is the longest in the wing. 



Females are smaller than males, and the grey portions of 

 the plumage are tinged with brown. Young birds resemble 

 their parents in having their plumage grey, as mentioned on 

 the authority of Mr. Salmon. 



The vignette below represents an accidental malformation 

 in the beak of a Rook, for the opportunity of figuring which 

 I am indebted to T. C. Heysham, Esq. of Carlisle. 



