4 CORVID^E. 



Corvus frugilegus. ROOK. 



Corvus frugilegus Linnceus, Syst, Nat. 1758, p. 105 : 

 Sweden. 



Trypanocorax frugilegus (Linn.) ; SJutrpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. in. 



1877, p. 9. 

 Corvus frugilegus B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 70 ; Sounders, 



Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 247. 



Friigilegus = corn-gathering, a poetical epithet of the ant in Ovid, Metam. 

 vii. p. 624 ; from fruges and lego. 



Distribution in tlie British Islands. Resident, generally 

 distributed, and nesting as far north as the Orkneys and 

 in suitable localities as far west as the islands off the west 

 coasts of Scotland and Ireland. As a Winter Visitor from 

 northern and central Europe it arrives on our shore? in 

 autumn and departs in spring. Also a Summer Visitor, some 

 of our native birds leaving in autumn and returning in 

 spring. 



General Distribution. With the exception of the extreme 

 north, the Rook breeds throughout northern and central 

 Europe down to Biarritz, Modena, and the Crimea. It 

 leaves the colder parts in winter and appears to the south 

 of its breeding range, extending to southern Europe, 

 Palestine, and northern Africa. Allied forms inhabit 

 parts of Asia. 



Genus PICA Brisson, Orn. ii. 1760, p. 35. 

 Type : P. pica (Linn.). 

 Pica = a Magpie, in classical Latin. Feminine of Picus, q. v. 



Pica pica. MAGPIE. 



CorVUS pica Linnceus, Syst, Nat. 1758, p. 106 : Sweden. 

 Pica pica (Linn.) ; Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. 1877, p. 62. 



