66 February 1749,. 



through the hole which they have made* 

 and occafions the putrefaftion of the corn. 

 Befides eating corn, they like wife fteal 

 chickens. They are very fond of dead car- 

 cafTes. Some years ago the government of 

 Penjyhania had given three- pence, and that 

 of New Jerjey 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 been repealed, as the expences are too great. 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 Royfton Crow, or Linn&us's 

 Corpus Comix. 



February the i2th. IN the afternoon I 

 returned to Raccoon from Philadelphia. 



ON my journey to Raccoon, I 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. 



THB 



