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and then, after a little coze and talk together, 

 you will see him, unlike many husbands, relieve 

 her, for the time, of her responsibilities, and take 

 his own turn upon the nest." 



The raven has but one mate ; he pairs for life, 

 and as he lives to a very great age, the strength 

 of his affection, his tenderness and fidelity impart 

 to him a dignity and a quality of character hardly 

 possessed by any other bird. 



All this seems to be based on a superior de- 

 gree of intelligence, a quality of mind that shows 

 itself among all the members of the raven family. 

 It is especially noticeable among the crows. 

 There are no other birds in my woods that seem 

 half so intelligent and wise as they. Watch the 

 ways of your tame crow, study the light in his 

 eye, especially when he is up to mischief, if you 

 would see a mind within that is pretty nearly 

 human. - 



Or watch the blue jays or the magpies or the 

 whiskey-jacks — "camp-robbers," as they are called. 

 These lovely fluffy birds of the Canadian woods 

 and wild Western mountains are, I think, the 

 smallest of the family. I had an excellent chance 

 to study their doings in the Wallowa Mountains. 



