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grass, and built in pine trees ; they have 

 two, rarely three, young ones at a time ; their 

 eggs are blue ; they fly in pairs ; the male 

 and female are perfe611y alike ; they feed 

 on black moss, worms, and even flesh. When 

 near habitations or tents, they are apt to pilfer 

 every thing they can come at, even salt meat ; 

 they are bold, and come into the tents to 

 eat vi6luals out of the dishes. They watch 

 persons baiting the traps for martins, and de- 

 vour the bait as soon as they turn their backs. 

 These birds lay up stores for the winter, and 

 are seldom seen in January, unless near ha- 

 bitations ; they are a kind of mock-bird ; 

 when caught, they pine away and die, though 

 their appetite never fails them. 



CoRvus, II. Pica. 157. 13. Magpie. Brit. Zool. 

 Faun. Am. Sept. 9. 



Albany Fort, N" 5. 



It is called Oite-ta-kee-aske, i. e. Heart-bird, 

 by the Indians. It is a bird of passage, and 

 rarely seen ; it agrees, in all respe6ls, with 

 the European magpie, upon comparison. 



5. Picus, I 12. Auratus. 174. 9. Gold-wing 

 Woodpecker. J Woodpecker. Faun. Am. Sept. 10. 

 Catesby, I. 18. 



Albany Fort, N° 4. the large Woodpecker. 



The natives of America call this bird Oit-thec- 



qiian-ii07^-now , from the yellow colour of the 



shafts of the quill and underside of the tail 



feathers. It is a bird of passage ; visits the 



D d d 2 neigh- 



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