. British birds. Birds. 12 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. XV, While the female was incubating the male spent a good deal of his time away, searching for food, and would return with a well-filled pouch and feed his sitting mate, who would utter deep guttural sounds, as though choked with food. At other times he would bring a large worm and place it. Rook : Male feeding Female. {Photographed by Stanley Crook.) with his beak on a branch, then place his foot upon it, and readjust it in his beak, in order to give it to his consort with greater facility. The incubation period also provided many exciting episo
. British birds. Birds. 12 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. XV, While the female was incubating the male spent a good deal of his time away, searching for food, and would return with a well-filled pouch and feed his sitting mate, who would utter deep guttural sounds, as though choked with food. At other times he would bring a large worm and place it. Rook : Male feeding Female. {Photographed by Stanley Crook.) with his beak on a branch, then place his foot upon it, and readjust it in his beak, in order to give it to his consort with greater facility. The incubation period also provided many exciting episodes. Frequently without the slightest warning a neighbour (or even a passing Rook) would swoop down on a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Witherby & Co
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