Class II. 



ROOK. 



283 



" Though not generally inhabiting the same 

 places as the raven, yet the carrion crow is 

 found in various parts of both continents, and 

 most certainly in India and China. It is also 

 met with in Nao Holland, Nexv Guinea^ and 

 New Caledonia.'" J. L. 



Corvus frugilegus. C. ater,fronte 



cinerascente, cauda subrotun- 



data. Lath. Ind. orn. 152. id. 



Syn. i. 372. id. Sup. i. 76. id. 



Sup. ii. 109. 

 La Graye, Grolle ou Freux. 



Belon av. 283. 

 Cornix frugivora (Roeck). Ges- 



ner av. 332. 

 Aldr. av. i. 378. 

 fFil. orn. 123. 

 JRaii syn. av. 39. 

 Corvus frugilegus. Gm. Lin. 



366. 



Le Freux, ou la Frayonne. 3^ RoOK. 



Hist, d'ois. iii. 55. PI. Enl, 



484. 

 La Corneille Moissoneuse. 



Brisson nv. ii. 16. 

 Roka. Faun, Suec.87. 

 Spermologus, seu frugilega. 



Caii opusc, 100. 

 Schwartze krau, Schwartze 



krahe. Kram. 333. Frisch, 



i. 64. 

 Br. Zeol 76. Arct. Zool. i. 



292. 



X HE Rook is the Corvus of Virgil, no other 

 species of this kind being gregarious, 



E pastu decedens agmine magno 

 Corvorum increpuit densis exercitus alls. 



A very natural description of the evening return 

 of these birds to their nests. 



This bird differs not greatly in its form from q^ 

 the carrion crow; the colors in each are the 



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