106 STOKIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



following instance of summary punishment: 

 " The rookery in front of the Uxbridge Arms 

 Hotel, in Caernarvon, was, some six weeks ago, 

 the scene of a most extraordinary occurrence. 

 One morning, a solitary crow was observed 

 advancing toward the place, and three of the 

 feathered tenants of the said rookery sallied 

 forth to meet the apparent stranger. The com- 

 pany having entered the precincts of the rook- 

 ery, amid a good deal of cawing and other 

 peculiar noises, the victim was pounced upon, 

 and borne to a tree, where its neck was 

 firmly fixed between two branches, and while 

 one of the executioners stationed himself 

 above, the others rendered assistance by sus- 

 pending themselves a dead weight to the feet 

 of the unfortunate culprit. The work was 

 soon accomplished, as life in a few minutes 

 became totally extinct." 



