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IN connection with Mr. Romanes' valuable letter on this subject, the following note may be interesting. Rooks, I am informed, are sometimes killed by means of a paper cone containing birdlime, which is placed in a locality where these birds congregate. The rook inserts his bill and head into the cone; after a little time he rises vertically into the air and then falls dead. My informant—a traveller and sportsman of much experience—considered the upward motion to be due to the obstruction of sight, but the fact, I doubt not, will bear the same explanation as the towering in the case of a wounded grouse.
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SUTHERLAND, A. “Towering” of Birds. Nature 15, 199 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015199a0
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