Nether Lochaber The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West Highlands
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Wild Birds' Nests in early April--Rook stealing Eggs frightened and almost captured--The Domestic Cock--What he was, and what he is--Sadly demoralised by intermixture with "Cochin-Chinas" and "Bramahpootras," 165