Rook
Corvus frugilegus
(L 16-19" WS 32-37")
Aarhus
01Oct2007
Bare white skin
In folklore are believed to forecast the
weather and sense approaching death.
weather and sense approaching death.
Those Rooks, dear, from morning till night,
They seem to do nothing but quarrel and fight,
And wrangle and jangle, and plunder.
(Dinah Maria Mulock)
Corvus is Latin for raven;
frugilegus is Latin for crop-
picking, fruit-gathering.
frugilegus is Latin for crop-
picking, fruit-gathering.
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