38 BIRD LIFE IN WILD WALES 



Chester days are past, but we expect that the Daws 

 or their descendants still continue. 



The well-known Rook, too, we shall find nailed up 

 now and again, for he will, as we can testify, steal 

 eggs, being especially partial to those of the Duck 

 tribe. Still, who would be without his Rookery, 

 should he be fortunate enough to possess one ? 

 Usually in lofty trees, we know of Rookeries also 

 in the more humble yew and holly. But the elm is 

 virtually their favourite home. 



We have omitted all mention of the Hooded Crow 

 in these pages, but except in Scotland and Ireland 

 we shall seldom see him on the gallows, as this bird 

 does not breed in England or Wales, though during 

 the winter many frequent the coast-line all round our 

 island and of course from time to time make their 

 way inland. We have seen them ourselves in Bucks, 

 Kent, and Hampshire. 



