Tin: >.i i .i.\.\.i 



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seldom e\c.-edini: the diim-n-ioiis ..f the common Hluckhird. Th.'~- l.ii.N are known liy il. 

 (oiii|.i'-s.-d ;ni.| ;urli,-<l U-ak*. ami tin- decidfd k,-,-! or ridtfe ii|>n the II|.|NT iiianclil.li-. 



Tin- S:i\a:ni:ili Blackbird is arUii..u I. .!_, -,[ t,, U- ii,,- Apical species of these birds, an i i 

 exhibits tin- peculiar form of lie- U-ak in ;i MT\ mark.il maiiiii-r. A* il i> rather a coiis|,ii-n. 

 bird, it is knoNMi i.\ -.-M-ial other luinifs, iin>..n_ : \\hich ..i lulled JMa.-kl.ii.l ami (in*t' 



Blurkliiiil. In SOIIH- I'lar.--, it i> rall.-<i tli- l'.i...-K I'.n r.ik.-d, an.l in M ; iv title in 



Cacalotoil. 



Tin- fMxl of llu- Sjivaiuiah IMarkliinl i> mostly of an aniiiial n.iiiii'-. ami ron>ix|s i'lii.-lly cf 

 u'ra^hoplMTs, iiH-iists, aiul Miniiar in><-<-ts. although tli,. liji-,1 js \,-ry fnml (f lizunis ami ol! 

 small \.TI- -i-rai. \ \\lii.-li it> jn-mliar U-uk IH well ailrulaitl to secure. Seeds are alwo 



sjiid to IM- ral.'ii l>y tlii> linl. 



In .-I'm.- ca--s i! i-i-l.iviiii,' natiin- is (lir-i-t-l in a inanm-r MTV us.-fiil to tin- cattl.- 



owners. In tlios.- n-i;ic,n-. the CO\HS angTMtlj tmulilf<l \\itli ticks ami otln-r jtanuiitio 





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1AVA1THAB BLACK BIRD.- rVo<c^o(M vA. 



which fasten npon th-ir hacks where the poor beasts cannot reach them. The Anis are for- 

 tunately very fond of these noxious iii-,.-cts. ami ]T'hin^ upon th- <-ow's bark, soon rid th-ni 

 of their unpleasant companions. The cows are so well aware of the services rendered to thrin 

 by these binK that when tln-y liml tln-niM-lvcs much annoy*"! by ticks. tln-y Me down in order 

 to permit tin- Anis to jnir<ii.- tli.-ir avocation without ili^turhaiu-e. Sometimes, according to 

 Brown, in his History of Jamaica. th- Anis remind the cows of tlieir reciprocal duties, and if 

 the great quadruped forpeis to lie down for their mutual Ix-m-tit. they hop about Justin front 

 of its nose as it praxes, and irive it no j>eace until it complies with their n^uest. 



I' is jfreparious in it> hahits. associatiai; i" larne tl<'ks. and is a \>-ry fearless crea tun-, 

 csiriiiL' little for the report or the ffe--fs ,,f a jri m . \Vh.-th.-r this ins-nsihj|ity to damrer !> due 

 to lc,\,- of its comrades ami to real coura:.-.-. r only to that Hjmrions bravery which f--ars 

 nothinir Iecan8e it knows nothing, i- ii"t c,-rtain : but it is well known that if a flock of Anis 

 be fired at. and laany killed by the discharge, the survivor* .vill only rise and fly to a short 

 distance, and there settle as comjtos^iiy as if no danger were at hand. 



The Anis are very m.i-.y. MS i^ often the case with irn-irarioi; and the combr 



of a large flock of Anis is almost deafening. They do not seem to use their 



