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grass, and built in pine trees ; they have 

 two, rarely three, young ones at a time ; their 

 eggs are blue ; they fly in pairs ; the male 

 and female are perfe6lly alike ; they feed 

 on black moss, worms, and even flesh. When 

 near habitations or tents, they are apt to pilfer 

 every thing they can come at, even salt meat ; 

 they are bold, and come into the tents to 

 eat vi6luals out of the dishes. They watch 

 persons baiting the traps for martins, and de- 

 vour the bait as soon as they turn their backs. 

 These birds lay up stores for the winter, and 

 are seldom seen in January, unless near ha- 

 bitations ; they are a kind of mock-bird ; 

 when caught, they pine away and die, though 

 their appetite never fails them. 



CoRVUS, II. Pica. 157. 13. Magpie. Brit. Zool. 

 Faun. Am. Sept. 9. 



Albany Fort, N° 5. 



It is called Oiic-ta-kee-aske, i. e. Heart-bird, 

 by the Indians. It is a bird of passage, and 

 rarely seen ; it agrees, in all respe6ls, with 

 the European magpie, upon comparison. 



5. Picus, ] 12. Auratus. 174. 9. Gold-wing 

 Woodpecker. J Woodpecker. Faun. Am. Sept. 10. 

 Catesby, I. 18. 



Albany Fort, N" 4. the large Woodpecker. 



The natives of America call this bird Oic-thee- 



quan-tior-iiozv, from the yellow colour of the 



shafts of the quill and underside of the tail 



feathers. It is a bird of passage ; visits the 



D d d 2 neigh- 



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ioai 



