PLATE II 

 ROOK. Corvus frugilegus 



April zoth, 1897. Lake of Monteith. This Plate was taken from the top 

 of the same tree as Plate i. but looking in a different direction. The nests 

 in the large oak-tree were quite inaccessible, as none of the branches would 

 bear any one's weight. 



Nearly all the nests I visited contained half-fledged young birds, except 

 in a few of the easier trees, where the nests had no doubt been robbed 

 two or three times already. 



