BRITISH BIRDS. 63 



Like the Rooks and the Herons, they build their 

 nests on the tops of large trees, lay three or four 

 eggs, the size of those of a Hen, white, sprinkled 

 with pale red, and are very noisy during the breed- 

 ing season. The intestines are described as being 

 very long, and the trachea artcria like that of the 

 Crane, and making a double inflection in the 

 thorax. 



