632 BIRDS. PIES. Crow. 



604 7. Rook. — 6. Corvus frugikgus. 4. 



Is black, with a fomewhat afh coloured front ; the tail being roundifh at the end. 

 Faun. fuec. n. 87. It. oel. 67. 



C. frugilegus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 152. n. 5. Kram. el. 333. n. 2. Borowfk. nat. ii. 105. n. 4. — 

 Cornix frugilega. Aklr. orn. i. 751. t. p. 753. Raj. av. 39. a. 3. Briff. av. ii. 16. n. 3. — Freux, 

 Frayonne. BufF. oif. iii. 55. PI. enl. n. 484. — Schwarze Kraehe. Frifch, av. t. 64. — Roka. Faun, 

 fuec. n. 87. — Rook. Brit. zool. i. n. 76. Arct. zool. ii. 250. n. a. Albin. av. ii. t. 22. Will, 

 orn. 123. t. 18. Lath. fyn. i. 372. n. 4. fup. 76. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 35. 



Inhabits Europe and Weftern Siberia. — This fpecies, which is about eighteen inches long, and 

 weighs nearly twenty-two ounces, is chiefly diftinguifhed from the Carrion Crow by the following 

 circumftances*; the ends of the tail quills are broad and rounded, inftead of being fharpifh ; the bill 

 is longer, ftraighter, more {lender, weaker, and not fo intenfely black ; the noftrils and bafe of the 

 bill being naked and whitifh, from being frequently thrall into the ground in fearch of food; the ex- 

 tent of the wings is rather more than in the Carrion Crow. The Rook flies abroad in large flocks, 

 principally in the morning and evening, being more difperfed during the day in queft of food ; vaft 

 numbers of them perch at night on trees, in which they build generally in large communities called 

 Rookeries ; they feed principally on worms, the larvae of infects, efpecially thofe of the beetle tribe, 

 and likewife on grain, and other feeds and vegetables, hence they become deftru£fcive to corn, turnips, 

 potatoes, and otlrer crops, but there is reafon to believe that all the harm they do to farmers is amply 

 repaid by their deftruc~tion of noxious vermin ; they are extremely clamorous and noify, efpecially 

 about their habitations ; the eggs refemble thofe of the Raven; the younger birds, called Branchers, 

 before they are thoroughly fledged are very good eating. The black colour of the Rook is mixe<& 

 with a purplifh. fhade 3 and the tail on part of its upper furface has a dull green tinge.. 



"°5 8. Hooded Crow. — 7. Corvus Comix. 5. 



Is dark afh coloured ; with black head, chin, wings, and tail. 



C. Cornix. Lath. ind. orn. i. 153. n. 7. Scop, an, i. 35. n.. 37. — Cornix cinerea. BruT. av. ii. 

 19. n.4. Gefn..av. 332. Aldr. orn; i. 754. t.,p. 755. Raj. av. 39. a. 4. — Cornix nigra. Ger.. 

 orn. ii. 35. t. 146. 147.. — Mullachia. Cett.. uc. fard. 71. Zinnan. uov. 70. t. 10. f. 61.— Kraka. 

 Faun. fuec. n. 88.: — Krage.. Leem. 239. — Nebel Kraehe.- Frifch, av. t. 65, — Graue Krau, Krau- 

 veitl. Kram. el. 333. — Corneille mantelee. Buff", oif. iii. 61. t. 4. PI. enl. n. 754. 755. — Royfton. 

 Crow. Alb. av. ii.. t.. 33. Will. orn. angl. i24-,t. 77. Ruffel. alep. 69. — Hooded Crow. Brit, 

 zool. i. n. 77. Arct. zool. ii.. 251.. B. Flor. Scot. i. 20. t. 2.. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 36. Lath. fyn. i.. 

 374. n. 5. fup. 77.. 



Inhabits Europe and Afia. — Is about the fize of the Rook, meafurihg twenty-two inches in length :■ 

 This fpecies breeds in the northern parts of England and in Scotland, and migrates more to the fouth- 

 wards before winter ; in Italy it breeds in the forefts near the foot of the Alps and Apennines, and. 

 fpreads over the plains about the month of Odlober; it is gregarious, and feeds almoft on every thing 

 eatable, carrion, fmaller quadrupeds, birds, fhell-fifh, frogs, fnails, infecTs, and their larvae, and very 

 rarely on berries, grain, and feeds ; it is very unjuftly profcribed in Sweden,, as it cleans the fields of 



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* Thefe are firfl attentively noticed by the celebrated Mr Pennant in his Arctic Zoology. — T. 



