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CHAPTER IX. Ravens Occasionally desert their young 

 Predacious habits Sagacity. Various Anec- 

 dotes. Crows and Rooks Characters of each. 

 Tame Crow. Meetings or Councils of Crows, 

 Herons, Magpies, &c. Whether Rooks are bene- 

 ficial or injurious to the Farmer. Hard Winters 

 favourable to Insects. Rookeries. Red-legged 

 Crow. Jackdaws. Jays and Magpies . . 222 



