104 ROOK 
PaRIsH oF ArBoRY.—The Friary ; Ballanorris; Ballaclague; Par- 
ville ; Bellabbey (Colby). 
PaRisH OF Matew.—King William’s College; Malew Vicarage 
(small) ; Rushen Abbey ; Billown ; Great Meadow (small) ; 
Creggans (a few nests 1905); Ballaquaggan; Ballakew ; 
Ballavarvane. 
PARISH OF SANTON.—Mount Murray. (At Oatlands, Ballaquiggin, 
and Ballavale, former rookeries are extinct; the Rook has 
been much persecuted by Santon proprietors. Information 
from Mr. J. C, Bacon.) 
PaRIsH OF Marown.—Eyreton; Ballahutchin (small); Balla- 
freer ; Ballaquinney Moar ; The Rock. 
My. Allison tells me that in Maughold a white Rook is 
thought to foretell a wedding. It was noticed that in the 
year when a gentleman in the north of the island married, 
a white nestling was reared in the rookery round his 
mansion, and a mottled bird appeared at the time of Mr. 
Allison’s own marriage in the same year. 
Mr. Kermode notes albinos found two years in succession 
at Ballakillingan by Mr. Bishop, and another specimen at 
Orrisdale. 
Mr. J. C. Crellin states (Y. LZ. M,, iii. 23) that after the 
great snowstorm of February 1895 Rooks for many days 
‘could be seen feasting upon the carcasses of some unfortun- 
ate sheep which had been dug out of the drifts, along with 
Gulls, Magpies, Jackdaws, and Grey-backed Crows.’ 
The Rook is sometimes mentioned in migration reports 
from the Isle of Man. . The two hundred and fifty ‘ Crows ’ 
flying from east to west at Bahama on 25th November 1880, 
and the flock of ‘ Crows’ at the same vessel on 18th October 
1884, were likely of this species. On 11th August 1884 a 
number was seen at the Chickens flying west, on 4th and 
5th March 1885 flocks appear at the same lighthouse, but 
these occurrences do not seem to be very frequent. On 
8th November 1887 it is noted at the Chickens that a 
