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	Rook (bird) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rooks are distinguished from similar members of the crow family by the bare grey-white skin around the base of the adult's bill in front of the eyes.
		Rooks are believed to be able to forecast weather and to sense the approach of death.
		Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic Volume VIII: Crows to Finches Chief Editor: the late Stanley Cramp, Edited by C. Perrins ISBN 0-19-854679-3
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rook_(bird) (683 words)

	ROOK - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		ROOK may be played with standard playing cards by removing the 2s, 3s, and 4s from the deck and adding the joker to be used as the Rook Bird card.
		The Rook card is the lowest trump and is worth 20 points however you must follow suit whenever possible even with the Rook.
		The Rook Card is the highest trump and is worth 20 points, however, unlike other forms of Rook, the Rook must follow suit whenever possible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ROOK (1786 words)

	British Garden Birds - Rook
		Rooks in Britain are mostly sedentary apart from juveniles dispersing from their natal sites, when they may travel up to 100 kilometres (60 miles), and some movement from the uplands to lowlands for the winter.
		The Rook seems to be doing well with the population increasing slightly year-on-year and so seems to have adapted to the various changes in agricultural practices that many other species have been adversely affected by.
		Rooks are seen flying over the garden quite regularly, especially during the winter - there is a very large roost a few miles away in Eccelsall Woods.
	www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/rook.htm (440 words)

	Rook (bird) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the Passerine order of birds and the crow family.
		Rooks are gregarious, and live in colonies of several dozen in tree-tops, and return at the start of the autumn.
		In early spring they begin nesting: rebuilding old ones and adding new.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/r/ro/rook__bird_.html (165 words)

	Rules of card games: Rook
		Rook is the name of a group of games and of the special deck of cards for the game which was introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906.
		Rook cards are made by Parker Brothers / Hasbro and by Winning moves and Rook or Deluxe Rook cards can be ordered from unclesgames.com.
		It is likely that Rook cards were introduced for the benefit of members of fundamentalist protestant religions, such as the Mennonites, who considered (and in some cases still consider) playing cards to be the "devil's tool".
	www.pagat.com /kt5/rook.html (2182 words)

	Rook
		A group of rooks is known as a parliament, due to their habit of forming large assemblies during which one bird will seem to "speak" or orate at length.
		A rook (C. frugilegus) standing on a potential nest locality with twigs held in its beak performs a downward and sideward sweeping movement that brings the material into contact with the ledge or the branches on which the nest is to be built.
		Should the rooks suddenly leave the area it indicates that someone in the area is about to die and that no heir will be born in the family.
	www.blueroebuck.com /rook.htm (780 words)

	The Rook
		The Rooks belong to the family of birds that includes crows and jays and are among the smarter birds.
		The Rook is an entirely fl bird, about the size of a magpie that stand about 16 to 18 inches tall as an adult and flaps their wings slowly when flying.
		Full-grown Rooks live in large groups from September when the females lay their eggs until the middle of December when the young birds begin flying.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/78222 (465 words)

	Rook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This bird belongs to the family of Crows (Corvidae).
		The bird is 18" and weighs 480 grams.
		The nests are used all year round, but the three to six eggs are laid from March till May. It takes the eggs 17 to 20 days to hatch and the hatchling remain in their nest for 32 (!) days.
	www.gardensafari.net /english/pages/roek.htm (241 words)

	Winning Moves Games - Classic, Retro, Cool and Fun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When in play, the ROOK Bird Card can be thought of as the equivalent of the 14 of Trump.
		Note: The ROOK Bird Card, when used, is the highest card, no matter what color has been chosen as trumps.
		You must play the ROOK Bird Card when trump is led and you have no other trump cards.
	www.winning-moves.com /rules/deluxe_rook.htm (1217 words)

	Jaywood. All about crows ravens. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Traditionally regarded as a bird of ill-omen, and one that as a carrion-bird feeds on corpses, especially of those that have been killed in battle or hanged.
		Cicero was forewarned of his death by the fluttering of ravens, and Macaulay relates the legend that a raven entered the chamber of the great orator the very day of his murder, and pulled the clothes off his bed.
		The bird appears on the arms of the county of Cornwall, and according to Cornish legend became the home for King Arthur's spirit after his death.
	jaywood.free.fr /Crows.html (3346 words)

	Rook - How To Play Online Free - Rook Card Game Rules
		Cards are dealt one at a time and include a 5-card "nest." Each player receives his or her first card, then one card is placed face down in the center of the table as the first nest card.
		This Rook uses the powerful Rook Bird card, which is used as the highest trump card no matter what color is named as trump.
		You may play the Rook Bird card at any time, regardless of the color led and regardless of the other cards in your hand.
	www.rook-online.com /rook.html (1331 words)

	The Rook - successful farmland birds
		With nearly one million pairs in Britain, it is only absent from upland areas and from treeless islands off the west coast of Scotland, though it has been able to find suitable trees to nest on Shetland and on Lewis in the Western Isles.
		Rook numbers in Britain were first estimated in the mid-1940s when the BTO carried out a survey at the request of the Agricultural Research Council.
		Dr Ogilvie is a natural history writer and editor, formerly a research scientist with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, and resident on the island of Islay since 1986.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /features/mao-mar-01.htm (526 words)

	ROOK
		There are no "sandbags" in Rook (penalties for underbidding your hand), nor is there any opportunity to "shoot the moon" (making a certain number of points by taking all the points in a hand).
		The Rook is considered trump in each hand, so if a player has no more trump color to play on trump-lead trick, the Rook must be played to follow suit.
		Rook Club is a group of people that meet once a week or once a month (each night is called a "session") to play Rook.
	cheddarbay.com /0000Rook/rook.html (2102 words)

	Corvus frugilegus
		Adult Rooks are easily recognised by the pale whitish grey patches around the base of their bills.
		In flight, Rooks are slimmer than Crows with narrower wings, a longer head and a longer, slimmer tail which gets broader towards the tip.
		The bird is widespread except for the Scottish highlands.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Corvus_frugilegus.htm (234 words)

	This Rook Isn’t Found In Chess Sets, But Like The Bird Is Soaring
		With the union of Cory Callahan, Jeremy Dean, Scott Dansby and Randall Shreve (GS Megaphone) Rook was born.
		Rook is one of the new wave (call it a revolution of sorts) of bands such as Mute Math, Macrosick, Kevin Max etc. That is comprised of believers creating art for a mainstream audience that is outside of "the box" and doesn't pander to current trends.
		Rook is quickly becoming Orlando’s “band to watch” and with a 4 song EP released in May and a full album slated for an early 2006 national release the future looks bright for Rook.
	entertainmentworld.us /Music/Rook.html (730 words)

	Wingaway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bird Alarm cries are the proven way to move birds away from an area because birds do not like to be in the vicinity of one of their own which seems to be in distress.
		The bird alarm cries are available individually on continuous loop cassette or all 9 cries are available on 1 Compact Disc.
		It is also important to assess what other bird problems may occur when the dominant bird species are removed for example rooks often move in when gulls have been removed from a site.
	www.environmental-expert.com /technology/wingaway/wingaway.htm (1127 words)

	Winning Moves Games: Deluxe Rook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rook is a great game for families to play and I recommend it to anyone looking for something a little bit different from the norm.
		ROOK is whatever you want it to be from simple to challenging.
		Rook has provided our family (4 generations) with tremendous enjoyment with loads of strategy and planning.
	www.winning-moves.com /products/deluxe_rook.htm (688 words)

	Isn't a Rook a type of bird? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It's been a while now so I've forgotten what we talked about, but he warned me that the rook was one of the most painful parts of the ear to have done, and even he had to take his out due to the annoyingly long healing process.
		An awful amount of pressure was put onto my rook whilst I slept, and my inner ear became red, swollen and what seemed like infected.
		Mark then changed it for me. Lots of brownish liquid seeped out of the wounds as the jewellery was changed, which was sore for a moment but felt a hell of a lot better when Mark was all done.
	www.bmezine.com /pierce/01-ear/A10920/earisnta.html (800 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Winged Ones: Rook
		This sociable Bird is readily found in farming areas, feeding on Insects and Grubs as well as sown grain and peas.
		A gregarious bird, Rook is very colonial, preferring to live in a large flock (called a Parliament).
		There is a ‘pecking order’ in which the oldest Bird lives at the center of the rookery, where He is sheltered from the wind.
	www.funkman.org /animal/bird/rook.html (436 words)

	Rook Poker News and Poker Articles
		ROOK may be played with standard playing cards by removing the 2s, 3s, and 4s from the deck and adding the
		A hand is scored as if the declarer and his partner (if any) were one team, and the other three players were another.
		As above, aces are worth 15 points, kings 10, tens 10, fives 5, and the Rook is worth 20.
	hidrogas.i8.com /rook.html (1662 words)

	Television Point \| Dictionary \| Meaning of rook
		rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this sense perhaps a different word); cf.
		Seeing rooks in your dream means that your modest friends are not meeting your needs in your pursuit for pleasure, vitality and joy.
		Seeing a dead rook in your dream, forewarns of a serious illness or death in your family.
	www.televisionpoint.com /dictionary/?define=rook (242 words)

	Rook Tournament Rules
		Seeding is based on experience, past Tournament history (overall and spread), and general Rook awareness.
		The 'Rook card is used as the highest of all cards regardless of which color is chosen trumps.
		ROOK® and the ROOK logo are Hasbro's’ registered trademarks for its four-suit numerical card game equipment.
	members.fortunecity.com /kburtonjr/About/rules.htm (1811 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		The rook is a type of crow common in Europe.
		The word rook that means 'a bird of the crow family' comes from an Old English word that stems from a Germanic root; cognates are found in several of the Germanic languages.
		It is unrelated to the word rook meaning 'a chess piece that can move any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically', which comes from Persian, by way of Arabic and Middle French.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19961204 (266 words)

	Rook
		Scrutinize details of bird that is actually increasing in numbers in the UK.
		Enjoy this description of the rook, how it lives in communes, what it eats, and how it constructs its nest.
		Read rook enthusiast’s observations of bird that is often portrayed as being intelligent.
	www.uk-birds.org.uk /rook.htm (433 words)

	Bird's Eye View: Bird Photo Gallery
		The largest of the perching birds, the crows have deep fl or boldly patterend plumage; from the all fl Raven to the striking pied plumage of the Magpie.
		Very social, medium sized birds, Starlings are sharp-billed with strong legs and are generally noisy.
		Although they are adaptable birds their usual diet consists of worms and larvae plucked from the ground by their strong, pointy beaks.
	www.cmp.liv.ac.uk /birdseyeview/birds.php?order=Crows&specie=Rook (168 words)

	Rook Bird Picture
		Unlike the Carrion Crows these birds are sociable birds, they are usually found in groups of several birds.
		Rook birds are recognized by their greyish white face, thinner beak and peaked head.
		Rooks feed and roost in flocks during winter and is often together with the jackdaw, another type of flbird.
	www.free-picture-graphic.org.uk /the-rook.htm (132 words)

	Online Rook - Rook - How To Play Online Free - Rook Card Game Rules
		Since 1906, Rook has entertained millions and millions of card game lovers and now can be played online.
		Rook is played online with a deck of 56 numerical cards and the unique Rook bird card.
		The game is played by dealing out the entire deck and placing the "Rook" in the center of the table.
	www.rook-online.com /online-rook.html (343 words)

	Henry Edward Bird vs NN (1869)
		All of my chess games on yahoo that have the set-up Qb6(for example) Nd4 for fl with a rook defending the back rank for white with pawns on g2 and h2 king at h1...
		In Spanish we call it "mate de la coz" (kick's mate), because the figure is named horse instead of knight.
		I wonder if Bird played that more based on calculation or intuition.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1027951 (671 words)

	Rules for Deluxe Rook Card Game. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Deluxe Rook ® is a card game for 1 to 6 players, Ages 7 and up.
		The Players Guide contained with each game has rules for all popular Rook variations including "Kentucky Discard" and Tournament Rook.
		Kentucky Discard has one variation, adding the Rook Bird Card.
	www.espplusnc.com /cardgames/deluxerookrules.html (1322 words)

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