The Zoologist — November, 186G. 471 



From the following Hues it would appear that llie rook was con- 

 sidered a bird of omen : 



" Auofurs and underslooLi lelalions have 



By inagot pies and choiiglis and rooJca brouglit foitli 



The secret'st man of blood.'' 



Macbeth, Act iii. Scene 4. 



But in Older to understand this passage we must read "Augurs t/iat 

 understood," &c.. Jnd is no doubt a misprint. 



Jackdaw {Corvus movedula). 



Daws. 

 Much Ado About Nothing, Act ii. Scene 3. 

 Coriolanus, Act iv. Scene 5. 

 Troilus and Cressida, Act i. Scene 2. 



" When turtles tread, and rooks and daws." 



Song, Love's Labour Lost. 



" At your request? {sarcastically) 

 Yes, nightingales answer daws.'" 



Twelfth Night, Act iii. Scene 4. 



*' For when my outward action doth demonstrate 



The native act and figure of my heart 



In compliment extern, 'tis not long after 



But I will wear my heart upon ray sleeve 



For daws lo peck at." 



Othello, Act i. Scene I. 



Magpie [Corvus Pica). 



" And chattering pies in dismal discord sung." 



Henry YI., Part III. Act v. Scene 6. 



" Augurs and (?) understood relations have 

 By magoi pies and choughs and rooks brought forth 

 The secret'st man of blood." 



Macbeth, Act iii. Scene 4. 



So unintelligibly reads the Folio. No doubt the poet wrote " Augurs 

 that understood relations," &c. (See Zool. S. S. 470.) 



Jay [Corvus glandarius). 

 Winter's Tale, Act iv. Scene 2. 



In ' Cymbeline ' we find the word used to denote a gaudily attired 

 person : 



