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INSESSORES. 



CORVID.E. 



THE ROOK. 



Corvusfrugilegus, The Rook, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 283. 

 ,, ,, Mont. Ornitli. Diet. 



,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 91 . 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 88. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol.i. p. 353. 

 ,, ,, Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 146. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



,, Le Frenx, Tewbi. Man. d'Ornitli. vol.i. p. 110. 



The Rook, says Pennant, is the Corvus of Virgil, no 

 other species of this kind being gregarious. The Poet seems 

 to have been partial to these birds, bringing them into notice 

 on many occasions, and describing very naturally the evening 



