Translation of "Beech" in Japanese

As the three men entered the alley, a bird resembling a crow flew from the top a large beech tree as if he had been frightened.

三人がつづいて横町へはいると、路ばたの大きい椎の木のこずえから、鴉らしい一羽の鳥がおどろかされたように飛び起った。