186 The Rook. 



suburbs, from which, as we have said, it is slowly 

 but surely being driven. 



In conclusion, the rook, by still nesting in 

 London wherever it is permitted, has most con- 

 clusively proved the falsity of the theory generally 

 held in the country, that, if many of the young 

 birds are not shot as soon as they are able to fly, 

 the rook will desert its nesting-place. 



