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natural if he were a species of duck with web- 

 feet, but he more resembles the Snipe. He is 

 a bird of the rushing current and the dashing 

 cascade. Behind the latter, in a large oven- 

 shaped nest, the eggs are laid and the young 

 reared in the sound of their home element and 

 while breathing the spray. 



We all ought to know the thrice fascinating 

 ways of this bird, which belongs exclusively to 

 our side of the continent. 



Permanent resident. 



THE CROW. 



Length, 18 inches. 

 Found everywhere. 



Everybody knows the Crow, and he needs no 

 description. 



No bird that flies is more sagacious, and on 

 occasion " witty " in the older sense of the term. 

 He knows how to take advantage of every 

 opportunity for his own profit, without the risk 

 of gun or trap. He can count at least three, so 

 that the third gunner may not hope that this 

 wary bird will approach his hiding-place because 

 two of the sporting party have gone away. An 



