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through the hole which they have made, 

 and occafions the putrefaction of the corn. 

 Eefides eating corn, they likewife fteal 

 chickens. They are very fond of dead car- 

 canes. Some years ago the government of 

 Pen/yhania had given three- pence, and that 

 of New Jerfey four- pence premium for every 

 head of a Crow, but this law has now- 

 been repealed, as the expences are too great. 

 1 have feen the young Crows of this kind in 

 feveral places playing with tame ones whofe 

 wings were cut. The latter hopped about 

 the fields, near the farm-houfes where they 

 belonged to, but always returned again, 

 without endeavouring to efcape on any oc- 

 cafion. Thefe American Crows are only a 

 variety of the Roy/ion Crow, or Linn&us's 

 Corvus Comix, 



February the 12th. In the afternoon I 

 returned to 'Raccoo?i from Philadelphia. 



On my journey to Raccoon, 1 attentively 

 obferved the trees which had yet any leaves 

 left. The leaves were pale and dried up, 

 but not all dropt from the following trees : 



The Beach-tree, (Fagus fyhatica) whe- 

 ther great or fmall ; it always kept a confi- 

 derable part of its leaves during the whole 

 winter even till fpring. The greater trees 

 kept the" lowermoft leaves. 



The 



