side, winks the left eye, and says with a loud caw 

 " those refer to my English cousins, and not to nie. 

 British crows are indeed naughty creatures, but even 

 they have one good chit, for did not the poet Shelley 

 call them ' prophetic birds,' and it is for this reason 

 that they have no honour in their own country." 



The naturalist, being a student of animal character, 

 probes below the surface ; he carefully analyses the 

 mind of the crow, and for this reason his testimonials 

 usually attain some length. I will now proceed to 

 give what native booksellers call " Selected Extracts." 



The following contains the quintessence of Phil. 

 Robinson's chit : " Crows are indubitably the con- 

 necting link between devils. Class 3, inventors of all 

 mischief, Prince Belial at their head ; and Class 4, 

 malicious devils, under Prince ;Vsmodeus." 



Eha writes : '' I have never been able to discover 

 any shred of grace about an Indian crow. And what 

 aggravates this state of things is the imposture of its 

 outward appearance. It affects to be respectable 

 and entirely ignores public opinion, dresses like a 

 gentleman, carries itself jauntily, and examines every- 

 thing with one eye in a way which will certainly 

 bring on an eye-glass in time if there is a scrap of 



