. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CORVIDiE. 247. THE ROOK. CoRVUS FRT^GILEGUS, Linnaeus. The Rook is even better known than the Jackdaw, owing to its custom of living in noisy flocks throughout the year, and its tendency to select the vicinity of human habitations for its breeding-places. Few rookeries now exist in London, and the same may be said of other spreading cities; but as regards the country, the Rook is generally distributed throughout England and Wales, being especially numerous north of the Tees. In Scotland it has for some years been increasing in numbers and northw
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CORVIDiE. 247. THE ROOK. CoRVUS FRT^GILEGUS, Linnaeus. The Rook is even better known than the Jackdaw, owing to its custom of living in noisy flocks throughout the year, and its tendency to select the vicinity of human habitations for its breeding-places. Few rookeries now exist in London, and the same may be said of other spreading cities; but as regards the country, the Rook is generally distributed throughout England and Wales, being especially numerous north of the Tees. In Scotland it has for some years been increasing in numbers and northward range, breeding in Caithness and Suther- land, the Outer Hebrides since 1895, ^"'^ ^^^ Orkneys; while in Skye there are several rookeries. In the Shetlands, where trees are scarce, the Rook is at present only a visitor. The increase of this species is not regarded with favour in Scotland, for in default of other food it undoubtedly pilfers eggs, and in the small area of Renfrewshire it has been held responsible for 6,000 eggs in one year. In Ireland it is common. Numbers from the Continent visit our east coast (regularly) and our south-west districts (irregularly) in October and November, and a considerable return migration has been observed early in the 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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