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478), the crow, and blackbird, so useful a bird, notwith- 

 standing its mischievous propensities ; the oriole, whose 



Fig. 478.— Magpie.— Prom Tenney'B Zoology. 



Fig. 479.— Butcher-bird.- From Tenney's Zoology. 



hanging nest, brilliant colors, and lively song render it one 

 of our most interesting birds ; while the reed-bird of the 



