THE ROOK
... . By Alan R. Haig Brown. I KNOW of no sound more peculiarly suited to the stately country homes of England than the cawing of the rooks as they circle above the lofty elm trees. I know of no bird more cordially detested by agriculturists and game preservers than the sable pillager of grain and nests. And yet even in this matter-of-fact world of to-day, the good which the rook does, albeit of ...