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Instance of foresight. 



ing them a whole day, perching on a tree while 

 they are beating their martin-traps, and, as soon 

 as their backs are turned, going and eating the 

 baits. They subsist for the most part, however, 

 on fruits, moss, and worms. It is a kind of 

 mock-bird ; and has, of course, a variety of notes. 

 It may be easily tamed, and will feed freely, but 

 never lives long in confinement; always pining 

 away from the moment it is deprived of its 

 liberty. 



The care that this bird takes in laying up in 

 summer a stock of fruit for winter provision, 

 when no fruit is to be had abroad, is a remark- 

 able instance of foresight in the volatile tribes; 

 as this propensity is by no means common 

 among them. 



The female builds her nest in trees, exactly hj 

 the manner of those of the blackbird and thrush; 

 she generally lays four blue eggs, but seldom 

 hatches more than three. 



The cinereous crow is a native of North Ame- 

 rica, and is principally found in the vicinity of 

 Hudson's Bay. 



THE RED-LEGGED CROW. 



THIS species is not very common in any part 

 of the world; it is, however, found in some par- 

 ticular parts of both Asia and Africa : and it also 

 frequents some places in Cornwall and North 



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