Who could estimate the pleasure which such an exchange in the bird-world would give to millions on both sides of the Atlantic?
There are some English birds which we could not introduce into the feathered society of America, any more than we could import a score of British Dukes and Duchesses, with all their hereditary dignities and grand surroundings, into the very heart and centre of our democracy.

For instance, the grave and aristocratic rooks, if transported to our country, would turn up their noses and caw with contempt at our institutions--even at our oldest buildings and most solemn and dignified oaks.

It is very doubtful if they would be conciliated into any respect for the Capitol or The White House at Washington.

They have an intuitive and most discriminating perception of antiquity, and their adhesion to it is invincible.
Whether they came in with the Normans, or before, history does not say.

One thing would seem evident.