IHE MAGPIE. 



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The magpie has a chattering note pecuHar to himself. He is a great 

 talker, and sometimes turns his talents to account. If a fox or a cat is lurking 

 about, he utters a warning cry, and keeps on doing so until the enemy has 

 slunk out of sip:ht. 



THE MAGPIE. 



He himself has many enemies, and requires all his activity and cunning 

 to keep out of danger. The habit he has of robbing the nest of the pheasant, 

 or the partridge, or the grouse, makes the gamekeeper at war with him, and 

 he fires at every magpie he sees. The farmer is not any more fond of him 



