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CORVUS FRUGILEGUS. 
ROOK. 
Black; front, somewhat cinereous; tail, 
roundish. 
Corvus Frugilegus, Lin. Gme. 
Le Freux ou la Frayonne, BufFon. 
Rook, Pen. Lath. Shaw, Bew. Mont. 
The Rook is something larger than the 
Carrion Crow, but its plumage is more 
glossy; and the nostrils, and root of the 
bill naked, or, at least, covered only by a 
white scurf. This scabrous appearance is 
attributed by authors to the bird thrusting 
its beak into the earth in search of its 
food, but as we have remarked the same 
appearance in birds brought up tame, and 
unaccustomed to that mode of procuring 
food, we do not hesitate to ascribe it to an 
original peculiarity. 
The Rook is also furnished with a small 
pouch, situate at the root of the tongue, 
which will contain a quantity of food. 
