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tory in other countries. Scopoli* obferves this of thofe in Car- 

 niola : they do alfo the fame in Sweden, where they breech, as well 

 as in the fouthern parts of Germany, in the woods of the iflands 

 of the Danube f. It is moft likely the fpecies mentioned by 

 Fryer J, as inhabiting Ifpahan in Terfia ; and has been brought 

 from the Philippine I/lands by M. Sonnerat ||. 



Kalm § mentions a Crow in Penfylvania, a variety of the Cor- 

 nix, which is not common in winter ; but he gives no further de- 

 fcription, confequently leaves us in the dark as to the fpecies. 



The manners of thefe birds coincide with both thofe of the Manners, 

 Crow and Rook ; with the former feeding at times on carrion, 

 added to the fame inclination of doing mifchief among defencelefs 

 young birds, and other animals i and frequent the borders of ri- 

 vers, for the fake of the offal cad on fhore, and fhell-fifh ** ; on 

 the other hand, like the Rook, are frequently content with in- 

 fers, feeds, and berries. They are gregarious, and build in trees, 

 laying fix eggs j but feparate into pairs in the breeding-feafon, 

 after which they again unite in bands. Thefe are often feen in 



» Ann. Hi ft. Nat. i. p. 2;. f Kramer elen. p. 333. 



% " The Crows here are like our Royfton Crows, grey on their backs and 

 wings." Fryer's Travels, p. 318. 



|| Hift. desoij. iii. p. 66. note (p). 



§ This is faid to be very noxious there, living chiefly on corn, fcratching the 

 feeds out of the ground Jbon after they are fown : when the maize begins to 

 ripen, it makes a hole into the iwvolucrum furrounding the ear, by which means 

 the maize is fpoiled, the rain pafling through it : they alfo fteal young chickens., 

 and are fond of dead carcafes. The province of Penfyhiania had formerly given 

 three pence, and New Jerfey four pence, a head for one of thefe, but the ex- 

 pences proving too great, are now repealed. Kalm Tra-v. vol. ii. p. 66. 



** Thefe birds are frequent on the fhores of the Thames, both in Kent and 

 Effex, and are by fome called EJfex Crows. 



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