THE ROOK. 



(Corvus Frugtlegus.) 



" Sooth'd by the genial warmth, the cawing Rook 

 Anticipates the spring, selects her mate, 

 Haunts her tall nests, and with sedulous care 

 Repairs her wicker eyrie, tempest torn." 



r I ^HE Rook, commonly 

 -*- called " the Craw," is 

 a pawky, cunning bird of 

 wary habits, not so wild as 

 the Wood Pigeon, but is far 

 more bold and venturesome. The 

 birds build their nests and rear 

 their young close to the habitation 

 of man, who is at continual war 

 with them on account of their thieving 

 habits, and the ravages they commit amongst field 



