. An illustrated manual of British birds . t; but it will also eat insects, grubs,grain and fruit, like the Rock, and I have seen it on the hill-sides inthe Pyrenees in similar flocks. Its ordinary note is a hoarse croak,but it sometimes emits sounds which may almost be called musical;while in confinement it develops some capacity for imitation. The adult has the entire plumage black, glossed on the upperparts with purple, tinged with green on the head, neck and throat;nostrils covered with thick bristly feathers, directed forwards; bill,legs and feet black. Length about 195 in. ; wing 13 in.
. An illustrated manual of British birds . t; but it will also eat insects, grubs,grain and fruit, like the Rock, and I have seen it on the hill-sides inthe Pyrenees in similar flocks. Its ordinary note is a hoarse croak,but it sometimes emits sounds which may almost be called musical;while in confinement it develops some capacity for imitation. The adult has the entire plumage black, glossed on the upperparts with purple, tinged with green on the head, neck and throat;nostrils covered with thick bristly feathers, directed forwards; bill,legs and feet black. Length about 195 in. ; wing 13 in. Thefemale is less glossy, and has sometimes a browner tinge on herplumage than the male. The young bird is still duller in inside of the mouth is always pale flesh-colour : in the youngRook it is dark flesh-colour, soon turning livid, and afterwards slate-colour. Albinisms and varieties are not very common ; the A. Macpherson has recorded one of a reddish-fawn, the rest ofthe brood being in normal plumage. ^35. THE HOODED CROW. CoRvus coRNix, Linna?us. This bird, often called the Grey or Royston Crow, is a regularand numerous visitor to England and Wales from October onwards;while a few instances are on record of its having remained to breed,and cases of hybridism with the Carrion-Crow are not iinfrequentin the north. In the Isle of Man it is said to nest annually. Onthe mainland of Scotland it is only too abundant, predominating inthe north and west, and becoming the representative form in theOuter Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands. In Ireland also it is com-mon and increasing, especially in the south. The majority of thelarge flocks found in our eastern districts arrive from the Continent. In the Faeroes the Hooded Crow is resident, and it occasionallyvisits Iceland. In Scandinavia, Finland and Northern Russia it iscommon, migrating from the higher latitudes in winter, at whichseason large flocks are found in Northern Germany west of theElbe; but th
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