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A \\.\i:\ fii['\/\-]i\ ■I'liiioi''. 



Thr I{;ivcn is v.TV sliy, yrl he will or.Nisi.illMllv r • 



:ii-(Miii(l lanii lMiil(liiij;s, in llic iM-i-lilM.ilioiKl of his 

 lavorilc liiniiils in Ihc nKcunlain wilds, lo cmIcIi yoiin- 

 piiiilli'v or linni :i lien's ih'sI. ('S|>r<'i:illy llial of lli.' 

 Iiirkcy whicli so olh'n wiiimIits soiiir dis(:inrc rroiri 

 hci- owner's Iniildin^;- (o iialeli. The dania-e, however, 

 lo domestifjitort fowls by linvens in Pennsylvania is, 

 I am sure, very insignificant. 



■nii:v nKSTitov kggs and nkr'I'ijniis. 

 From cvidenee in my possession I am Inlly con- 

 vinced llial Kavens, like their darlv-coated relations, 

 (he Orows, do devonr the eggs and young of many 

 wild birds. Game birds, such as the Ruffed Grouse 

 and Wild Turkey, woodsmen say, suffer considerably, 

 during the periods when they have eggs and broods 

 of young, from sly and unexpected visits of these cun- 

 ning and able-bodied corvine birds. If a Turkey or 

 Pheasant, with her children, remains in the locality 

 and the fact becomes known to a pair of Ravens, I he 

 chances are, hunters say, (hat the Ravens will walch 

 the place almost constantly, day after day, nnlil (hey 

 have destroyed or driven away the mother and lier 

 family of youngsters. 



r:.M"J'IJRK I{.\BrUTS AND GROUSE. 



Ravens unquestionably kill a good many young 

 Hares and they also sometimes attack and overpower 

 the old ones, particularly when the latter are eii- 

 f('(>bled by disease or wounded by human hunters or 

 oilier animals which prey on them. Rabbils and 

 Pheasants entrapped in snares, (which, by (he way. 

 raunot legally be used in Pennsylvania) if found by 



