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hound, while indulging his favourite propensity 

 for biting the end of the dog's tail. At the same 

 time I learned the following particulars of this 

 remarkable bird. He was very tame, having his 

 meals with the servants, and his dessert with his 

 master, to whom he was much attached, sitting on 

 his window-sill, as soon as it was light, until he 

 arose, and accompanying him part of the way, if 

 he went from home ; meeting him on his return, 

 watching in a tree for hours ; and as soon as he 

 saw him again, flying and perching either on the 

 horse's head or his master's shoulder. He took 

 great delight in coursing; frequently turning a 

 hare by his swoop. He was very mischievous ; 

 hiding things and thieving ; and on one occasion 

 he stole seventeen shillings ; and the thief might 

 never have been detected had he not been at 

 length seen, flying with a shilling in his mouth. 

 He had a great dislike to children, attacking them 

 if they came near him. His roosting-place was a 

 high tree, near the house, and he frequently 

 alarmed persons passing underneath by some un- 

 earthly ejaculation." 



From the raven we pass to the CROW and the 

 ROOK ; birds which are ignorantly considered, by 

 many persons, to be one and the same. But this 

 is a great mistake. The real crow, commonly 

 called the carrion crow, more nearly resembles the 



