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 New Holland, New Guinea, and 

 New Caledonia." J. L. 



Corvus frugikgus.C.'ater,fronte 



Ginerascente, 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. 1. 378. 

 Wil. orn. 123. 

 Rail syn. av. 3Q. 

 Corvus frugilegus. Gm. Lin. 



366. 



Le Freux, ou la Frayonne. 3, Rook. 



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



484. 

 La Comeille Moissoneuse. 



Brisson av. ii. 16. 

 Roka. Faun.Suec.87. 

 Spermologus, seu frugilega. 



Caii-opusc. 100. 

 Schwartze krau, Schwartze 



krabe. Kram. 333. Frisch, 



1. 64. 

 Br. Zeol. 76. Arct. Zool. i- 



292. 



JL HE Rook is the Corvus of Virgil, no other 

 species of this kind being gregarious. 



E pastu decedens agmine magno 

 Corvorum increpuit densis exercitus alis. 



A very natural description of the evening return 

 of these birds to their nests. 



This bird differs not greatly in its form from Descrip. 

 the carrion crow; the colors in each are the 



TION. 



