286 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Carrion Crow, Corvus corone.— This bird is occasionally 
seen passing over our parks. A few years ago a pair or two 
frequented Hyde Park and also the Regent’s Park. Spenser, in 
the ‘ Shepherd’s Calendar,’ relates how nets were formerly set for 
Carrion Crows :— 
‘“‘ For once I heard my father say 
How he him caught upon a day, 
Whereof he will be wroken, 
Entangled in a fowling net, 
Which he for Carrion Crows had set 
That in our pear tree haunted.” 
Hoopvep Crow, Corvus cornix.—A casual visitor. Mr. Harting, 
in his ‘ Fere Nature of the London Parks,’ states that he “ has 
frequently seen the Hooded Crow, in winter, in the Regent’s Park, 
generally engaged in robbing the ducks of their food.” He adds, 
“On the 8th and 9th November, 1874, a Hooded Crow was seen 
feeding on the lawn of the Inner Temple Gardens. It flew from 
tree to tree, occasionally dropping on the grass, and was apparently 
not at all scared by the crowds of people assembled on the Thames 
Embankment to see the Lord Mayor on his return from West- 
minster.” 
Roox, Corvus frugilegus.— Another of our familiar resident 
birds. In ‘The Zoologist’ for 1878 (pp. 193—199), I gave some 
account of “The Rooks and Rookeries of London.” I am happy 
to say that the rookery in Kensington Gardens has greatly 
increased this year, and if the Superintendent of the Gardens 
will only spare the trees I hope to see a still further increase. 
An appeal to the highest authority perhaps might avail. If the 
Chief Commissioner were only aware of the great delight these 
birds give to us London naturalists, he would, I feel certain, give 
orders to leave these interesting birds and their nests unmolested. 
Mr. Harting has given an interesting account of the mode in 
which the rookery in the Temple Gardens was formed during 
the reign of Queen Anne (see ‘ Zoologist,’ 1878, p. 196, note). 
A large rookery near St. Albans was formed in the same manner 
a few years since. Four eggs of a Rook were put into a 
Magpie’s nest in these trees and duly hatched. From that 
small beginning the present fine rookery owes its existence. The 
following story, illustrative of Rooks following their young, was 
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