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   Nests-: Swallow
   eaves of houses - rook crow and mag-pie on tops of tress - robin in a fence - wren in under the eaves of thatched roofs - and the corn-crake in meadows. The thrush builds a fairly big nest and lines it with mud. Each of the birds sits three weeks on its eggs.

   What boys are told-: Boys are told that if the rob birds? nests they will be beaten severely. They are also supposed to have very bad luck afterwards. The crow and the rook are very like each other The way we know the difference between them is because the crows are usually seen singly or in pairs, and rooks go about in flocks.

   The weather can be judged by the curlew which cries loudly before a storm, It is also judged by the sea-gulls which fly inland before stormy weather. They are unable to find food in the sea at such times and are driven to feed on worms and insects found on the land.
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