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RAVEN. 



It will eat almost any kind of food, for whilst it 

 attacks fowls, ducks, young geese, partridges, hares 

 and pheasants, it will eat fruit, corn and insects ; and 

 its partiality for lamb causes the farmer and the 

 shepherd to be among its bitterest enemies. 



The nest is placed at the top of the tallest trees, the 

 most inaccessible being chosen ; or on some rock or 



sea cliff skirting the ocean. It is extremely difficult 

 to obtain the eggs. The nest is very large and bulky, 

 being made of sticks and twigs and lined with roots 

 and tufts of grass and a quantity of wool. When the 

 birds choose a tree, they generally return to it year 

 after year, piling one nest after another upon the same 



