. A handbook of British birds, showing the distribution of the resident and migratory species in the British islands, with an index to the records of the rarer visitants . y drop them from a height to breakthem open. Crows have been observed taking foodfrom the surface of the water while flying. (Har-rison, Descript. England, prefixed to HolinshedsChronicle, 1577; confirmed. Spectator, July25, 1891, and Field, June 20, 1896.) A similarobservation has been made in the case of theJackdaw (Johnsons Gamekeepers Directory,1851, p. 95). Crows will attack rookeries and drive away therightful owners o
. A handbook of British birds, showing the distribution of the resident and migratory species in the British islands, with an index to the records of the rarer visitants . y drop them from a height to breakthem open. Crows have been observed taking foodfrom the surface of the water while flying. (Har-rison, Descript. England, prefixed to HolinshedsChronicle, 1577; confirmed. Spectator, July25, 1891, and Field, June 20, 1896.) A similarobservation has been made in the case of theJackdaw (Johnsons Gamekeepers Directory,1851, p. 95). Crows will attack rookeries and drive away therightful owners of the nests (Field, April 18 and 25,1891 ; May 2, 1891 (E. L. Layard), and Zool, 1896,p. 144). So will Ravens and Herons (q-v.). HOODED CROW. Corvus comix, Linnaeus. PI. 15,fig. 3. Length, 18 in.; bill, 2*25 in.; wing, 12-5 in.;tarsus, 2-25 in. Resident in Scotland and Ireland; a wintervisitant to the east and south of England; rare inthe south-west. In Scotland it is said to pairhabitually with the Carrion Crow, and on thisaccount has been regarded by some naturalists asspecifically identical with that bird. (See Sir British Birds, vol. ii. p. 234; Mac-. CROWS 97 gillivray, vol. iii. p. 731 ; Thompson, vol. i. ; Grays Birds of the West of Scotland,p. 170; and De Selys-Longchamps, Ihis, 1870, , 451.) In Yorkshire also it is said to pairhabitually with the Carrion Crow (Williamson, Soc, 1836, p. 7&). See also Naturalist, 1865,p. 101; Hancock, Cat. Birds, Northumberland, , 36 ; Seebohm, Siberia in Asia, p. 30; Newton,Yarrells British Birds, 4th ed., vol. ii. p. 274. ROOK. Corvus frugilegus, Linnaeus. PI. 15, figs. 4, , 18 in.; bill, 2-25 in.; wing, 12-5 in.; tarsus,2-25 in. Resident and generally distributed. The BritishAssociation Reports on migration show that it is aregular autumnal migrant from the Continent tothe eastern counties of England. In Oct. andNov. 1893 an extraordinary number of Rookswere observed on migration. See repo
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