Ciafsir. ROYStONCROW. i6^ 



thrufting the bill into the ground in fearch of the 

 eruc^ of the Dor-beetle * ; the rook then, inftead of 

 being profcribed, fhould be treated as the farmer's 

 friend ; as it clears his ground from caterpillars, than 

 do incredible damage by eatirig the roots of the corn. 

 Rooks are fociable birds, living in vaft flocks : crows 

 go only in pairs. They begin to build their nefts in 

 March •, one bringing tnaterials, while the other 

 watches the neft^ left it IhoUld be plundered by its 

 brethren : they lay the fame number of eggs as the 

 crow, and of the fame colorj but iefs. After the 

 breed in o- feafort rooks forfake their neft-trees, and for 

 fbme time go and rooft elfewhere, but return to them 

 in Ju^uji : in October they repair their nefts -f . 



IV. The ROYS TON CROW. 



La Cortieille emmantelee. Be/on La Corneille mantelee. Brijfon 



a^j. 285. a'v. ii. 19. 



Comix varia, Marina, Hyberna, Mulacchia cineri:iia, Monacchia, 



(Nabelfrae.) Gefner a'v. 332. Zinan. 70. 



Comix cinerea. Jldr. ai). i. 379. Corvus comix. Lm.fyft. 156. 



WiL orn. 124. Kraka; Faum Suec./p. 88, 



Raiifyn. a'v. 39. Grave Kran, KranveitI, Kram, 

 Martin s Wejl. IJIes. 376. 333. 



tlodded CroWi Sib. Scot. 15. Br. Zoo/. 76. plate D. I. 

 PL en/. 76; 



^TpHE bill of this fpecies agrees in {ha|Det;viththSt 

 -*■ of the rook ; to which it bears gteat fimilitude 

 in its manners ; flying in flocks, and feeding on infeds* 

 In Great-Britain it is a bird of paflage : vifiting us in 

 the beginning of winter, and leaving us with the 



* Scarabsus melo!»ntha= Lin.fyji, 3;i. 'Rofel % tab, i, tifi^ 

 Goed. 265. 



t Calendar cf F/ora% 



If wood- 



