Word: corvus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...affair of the rooks was much graver and tempers accordingly rose higher. The British rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a black, glossy, gregarious bird of the crow family, closely resembling the U.S. crow, old Corvus brachyrhynchos, some of whose unpleasant habits it shares (e.g., eating eggs from other birds' nests). But there are those who love it. And the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries had decided that there were too many rooks. It urged county committees to shoot 80% of them...
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