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A remarkable circumstance, with re- 
spect to these birds, occurred at Dallam 
Tower, in Westmoreland, the seat of 
Daniel Wilson, Esq. "There were two 
groves adjoining to the park; one of 
which, for many years, had been resorted 
to by a number of Herons, which there 
built and bred ; the other was one of the 
largest rookeries in the country. The 
two tribes lived together for a long time 
without any disputes. At length the trees 
occupied by the Herons, consisting of 
some very fine old oaks, were cut down in 
the spring of 1775, and the young brood 
perished by the fall of the timber. The 
parent birds immediately set about pre- 
paring new habitations, in order to breed* 
again; but, as the trees in the neighbour- 
hood of their old nests were only of a late 
growth, and not sufficiently high to se- 
cure them from the depredations of boys, 
they determined to effect a settlement in 
the Rookery. The Rooks made an obsti- 
nate resistance; but, after a very violent 
contest, in the course of which many of 
the Rooks, and some of their antagonists, 
