Bird-keep ing. 



put back the perfect bird one night, in the forlorn hope 

 of the old birds' taking care of it ; and greatly to his 

 delight the experiment answered, and the Ravens 

 reared' the young bird, and returned again to their 

 " clump " in the following spring, bringing up other 

 families in the same nest. These birds are said to have 

 a great attachment to the place where they have once 

 had a nest, and return again and again to the same 

 tree. 



Both the CARRION CROW (Corvus corone) and the 

 HOODED CROW (Corvus comix) are tamed and domes- 

 ticated in other countries, but they are not often kept 

 in confinement in England. They are said to be very 

 intelligent, and capable of great attachment to their 

 owners, but very thieving and mischievous. In many 

 of their habits and characteristics they resemble the 

 Raven. 



The ROOK (Corvus frugilegus] is not often made a 

 domestic pet, as it is not easily reared when young ; 

 but it appears to have a good deal of the sagacity in- 

 herent in others of the Crow tribe, and will learn to 

 imitate the barking of a dog and the notes of other 

 birds admirably. It is best known living in its colony; 

 and great amusement may be obtained by watching 

 the proceedings of the colonists in a rookery, which 

 sometimes has several thousand birds congregated to- 

 gether on a clump of trees. They appear to have a 

 system of jurisprudence of their own, and a criminal 



