. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ' -f 308 THE 1 h? r ^ r^ook retains many of its wild customs, and in one instance was in iVvnl «"">g round the hens' nests and eating tl>e eggs as soon as they were laij The Look IS not often kept as a domestic pet, as it is with difficulty reared when you J" Before ram, tlie Eook has a curious custom of ascending to a considerable hcUfZ then shooting obliquely througli the air, in a manner somewhat similar to a hawk^mak Its stoop During the daytime, the Eook
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ' -f 308 THE 1 h? r ^ r^ook retains many of its wild customs, and in one instance was in iVvnl «"">g round the hens' nests and eating tl>e eggs as soon as they were laij The Look IS not often kept as a domestic pet, as it is with difficulty reared when you J" Before ram, tlie Eook has a curious custom of ascending to a considerable hcUfZ then shooting obliquely througli the air, in a manner somewhat similar to a hawk^mak Its stoop During the daytime, the Eooks are widely dispersed throughout the S? occasionally visiting their homes and then returning to their feeding-places ; but as tt evening approaches, they cease feeding with one accord, and seek tbdr nests, flyhi. i! long trains to the spot where they have made theii- residence. ° The nest of tlie Eook is large, and rather clumsily built; consisting chiefly of stick, upon which are laid sundry softer materials as a resting-place for the e"<'s The Eon ^ a very gregarious bird, building in numbers on the boughs of contiguous'trees, and havin' a kind of social compact that often arises into the dignity of law. For example, the e! fe Eooks ^yll not permit the younger members of the community to buUd their nests uZ an isolated tree at a distance from the general asseni! lage ; and if they attempt to infvhZ this regulation, always attack the offending nest in a body, and tear it to pieces TIpv are ev™ clever enough to notice the marks that are made on the trunks of trees that Z to be felled, and will neither build on those doomed branches nor permit their voun' friends to do so. Ihey also have a kind of criminal code, for they have been seen to hold a sort ot trial, ending in the condemnation and execution of tlu^ culprit • and tlmv unanimously punish those lazy Eooks which, instead of going out to fetch sticks for their nests, stay quietly at home and rob those of othe
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