JACKDAW. 



THE JACKDAW AND CARRION CROW. 



THE Jackdaw is something like the Rook in general 

 appearance, although his plumage is not quite so glossy, 

 and he has a patch of light grey plumage on the crown 

 and nape. He is also in size much smaller than the 

 Rook, being perhaps a little larger than the Magpie, 

 and his passage through the air is performed with a more 

 rapid beat of wing than that bird. Like the Crow 

 family in general, he is not particular as to the choice 

 of a haunt. On the rock-bound coast we hear his pecu- 



