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Cinereous 
Crow. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
Their faculty of fcent muft be very acute; for 
in the coldeft days in Winter, when every kind 
of efiluvia is almoft inftantaneoufly deftroyed by 
the froft, | have frequently known buffaloes and 
other beafts killed where not one of thofe birds 
were feen; but in a few hours fcores of them 
would gather about the fpot to pick up the 
dung, blood, and other offal. An unarmed man 
may approach them very near when feeding, but 
they are fhy of thofe that have a gun ; a great 
proof that they fmell the gunpowder. They 
are, however, frequently fhot by guns fet for 
foxes; and fometimes caught in traps built for 
martins. Though, on the whole, they may be 
called a fhy bird, yet their necefflities in Winter 
are fo great, that, like the White Owl, they fre- 
quently follow the report of a gun, keep prudent- 
ly at adiftance from the fportf{man, and frequent- 
ly carry off many wounded birds. Their quills 
make moft excellent pens for drawing, or for la- 
dies to write with. 
The C1inereous Crow, or, as it is called by the 
Southern Indians, Whifk-e-jonifh, by the Englifh 
Whifkey-jack, and by the Northern Indians Gee-. 
za, but as fome pronounce it, and that with more 
propriety, Jee-za, though clafled among the 
Crows, is in reality fo fmall, as feldom to weigh 
three ounces; the plumage grey, the feathers very 
long, foft, and filky, and.in general entirely un- 
webbed, and in fome parts much refembles hair. 
This bird is very familiar, and fond of frequent- 
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