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with hunger, rather than expofe the eggs to 

 danger by going to feek for food. 



The male rooks and crows at the time of 

 incubation bring food to the females. 



Pigeons^ fmall birds^ and other birds^ which 

 pair, fit by turns; but where polygamy pre- 

 vails, the males fcarcely take any care of the 

 young. 



Moft of the duck kind pluck off their fea- 

 thers in great quantity, and cover their eggs 

 with them, left they fhould be damaged by the 

 cold, when tliey quit their nefts for the fake of 

 food ; and when the young are hatched, who 

 knows not how felicitous they are in providing 

 for them, till they are able to fly, andlhift for 

 themfelves ? 



Young pigeons would not be able to make 

 ufe of hard feeds for nourilhment, unlefs the 

 parents were* to prepare them in their crops, 

 and thence feed them. 



The eagle owl makes its neft on the higheft 

 precipices of mountains, and in the warmeft 

 fpot, facing the fun; that the dead bodies 

 brought there may by the heat melt into a foft 

 pulp, and become fit nourifhment for the 

 young. 



The 



