so 
THE ROOK AND CROW, 
over the hill. You may be sure of this at any- 
time : that if you see one Rook, more are not far 
off. Now this is not the case with the Crow, who 
will only live with its own mate, and will not let 
any bird of its own kind come near its nest, nor 
does it like a Rook to make a nest in a tree near 
its own. The Rook is of much use on a farm, for 
it eats a kind of grub that does harm to the crop : 
it is true, it eats some corn now and then, but none 
to hurt, and the good it does will more than pay 
for that. The nest of the Rook is made in a high 
tree, I have seen as many as six in one elm : it is 
made of bits of twig, and the nest of the Crow is 
made in much the same way. The Rook has a 
very hard bill, and it will poke it deep into the 
soil to seek for a grub or worm, and it will then 
dig it out and eat it: no one can ever tell how 
much good it does by this! The Crow is very 
fond of eggs to eat, and will rob the nest of any 
bird it can get at, and it does not do us good, like 
the Rook. It is not easy to tell the Rook from 
the Crow, as they are like in many ways. 
