CHAPTER V

EXPULSION OF THE ROOKS

Positions of the rook and crow compared--Gray's Inn Gardens rookery--Break-up of the old, and futile attempt of the birds to establish new rookeries--The rooks a great loss to London--Why the rook is esteemed--Incidents in the life of a tame rook--A first sight of the Kensington Gardens rookery--The true history of the expulsion of the rooks--A desolate scene, and a vision of London beautified 68