• - A TAME ROOK
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR]
Sin,—Can you find space in your paper for yet another bird story, which I think may be of interest to some of your readers ?- " In a storm, sometime last April, a nest in our Rookery eama down, and in it was one young rook. We put the latter, with some hay, into a bucket, which we slung up in a tree by a rope. In this way, we were able to let it down to feed it, which we did at first, entirely on soft food. As it grew bigger, I put a ring on one of its legs, so that, after it could fly, we should know it again, if i ever came back. However, far from coming back, it has never gone away, though of course it can fly anywhere now, and is entirely free. It has grown into a very handsome bird, and is so tame that it will feed from anyone's hand : but it has a special liking for one of my sisters, and when several of us are together, always discriminates between us, and goes straight to her and ;lights-on her head or shoulder. It will also catch pellets of paper in its beak, when they are thrown by her."
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