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46 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
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) OOKS are gregarious, (that 1s, they live 
together in numbers, ) They very much re~_ 
femble Crows, but the bill of the Rook is generally 
_ bare of feathers as far as the eyes, becaufe it is fre-. 
quently thruft into the ground to pick out grubs 
and earth-worms. Its feathers are more gloily | 
than the Crow’s, and it is a much more innocent 
bird, for it lives moftly on grain and infes. 
Rooks build in woods and forefts, and frequent- | 
yi in groves near houfes. 
When once a certain number have agreed to _ 
dive together, they do not) fuffer any ftrange — 
Rooks to come amongft them. Early in the. 
fpring they meet together in their grove which 
they had forfaken in the winter, having left only 
five or fix of their company, were to prevent | 
others from coming there. > 
‘They then keep together In pairs. The old 
~ Rooks, who built there laf year, go to their old 
nefts, which only want a little mending ; but. 
the young ones of the lat year have to fix upon | 
a proper fituation, about which they are very 
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