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(lie sliaip-eyed Kaveii, will be attacked and eaten by 

 liim al'ter he lias convinced himself that the nianinial 

 or bird, suspended from the co.rd or fine copper wire, 

 has not been placed there as a lure to his own destruc- 

 tion. In this State Ravens are generallv seen singly 

 or in pairs, but often, a pair with their family of in- 

 (juisitive and noisy children, of the year, may be ob- 

 served together. 



WILL SPEAK AS THEY PASS BY. 



I have known two or three pairs of Ravens to remain 

 for two or three years in the same locality, i. e., in a 

 district, of ])erhaps eight or ten miles square, and each 

 j)air of birds, as well as the youn^ ones, appeared to 

 evince no disposition tc< be on intimate relations with 

 their neighbors. Of course the whole Raven clan, no 

 doubt, had a speaking acquaintance, because their 

 hoarse voices could always be heard w^hen they came 

 within hailing distance, as was often the case. 



ATTACK LAMBS AND FAWNS. 



Ravens, like the Common Crow, will scmetiuies at- 

 tack young lambs and peck out their eyes. It is also 

 asserted by hunters that these birds have been known 

 to attack very young Fawns when their watchful 

 mothers were not near at hand. 



RAVENS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO. 



I have been told, by old hunters and woodsmen, 

 that t wen ly- five o-r thirty years ago when the Vir- 

 ginia Deer was abundant in many sections of Penn- 

 sylvania, that Ravens were then rather numerous in 

 the romantic wilds since made barren through the 

 woodsmon's axe and devaslalinu fDicst fii"(>s. In (hose 



