. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . he unfortunate couple forced to begin their work anew in • Corvus /ruffileffus, Lin. AVES—JACKDAW. 477 some more undisturbed situation. But though bad neighbors, the males aregood husbands, as they begin to feed the hens before the latter commencelaying, and continue to do so through the whole season of incubation. Therook is a bird of great sagacity. Dr Darwin remarks, that rooks are obvi-ously more conscious of danger from mankind than most other bird
. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . he unfortunate couple forced to begin their work anew in • Corvus /ruffileffus, Lin. AVES—JACKDAW. 477 some more undisturbed situation. But though bad neighbors, the males aregood husbands, as they begin to feed the hens before the latter commencelaying, and continue to do so through the whole season of incubation. Therook is a bird of great sagacity. Dr Darwin remarks, that rooks are obvi-ously more conscious of danger from mankind than most other birds has paid the least attention to them, may perceive that they arequite sensible of the danger being greater when a man is armed with a gun,than when he has no weapon with him. If, in the spring of the year, aperson with a gun walk under a rookery, the inhabitants of the trees rise ontheir wings, and scream to the unfledged young to cower into their nestsfrom the sight of the enemy. This uniformly occurs, and hence the countrypeople assert that rooks can smell gunpowder. This bird is not a native ofAmerica. THE JACKDAW.!. This bird is considerably less than the rook, being only thirteen inches inlength. The head is large, and the bill long, in proportion to the body. Theeyes are white, and the hinder part of the head and neck are of a hoary graycolor; the rest of the plumage is of a fine glossy black above; beneath ithas a dusky hue: the legs are black. It remains in England the wholeyear, and in great flocks frequents churches, old towers, and ruins, and some-times, though rarely, even chimneys, hollow trees, and rabbit burrows, whereit builds its nest: the female lays five or six eggs, paler than those of thecrow, and smaller. Jackdaws are easily tamed, and may be taught to pro-nounce several words : they will conceal part of their food, and with it smallpieces of money or toys. They feed on insects, grain, fruit, and small piecesof flesh, and are said to be f
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