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 'The I food Crozv from SwitZQvlRnd. 



Numb. XVI. 



THIS Bird is about the bignefs of a common Hen, its Bill is red, 

 long a id fit to thruft into narrow Chinks and Holes of the Earth, 

 Trees, Walls, and Rocks, to fetch out Grubs and Infeds lurking 

 there. It alfo feeds on Grafhoppers, Crickets, the Grubs of the Cock- 

 chafer, little Fifh and Frogs. Its Head is of a dusky yellow, with Shades 

 of red; it hath a Creft on the hinder part of the Head hanging down; 

 the Body, Wings and Tail are of a dark green, with a Shade of Purple; 

 the Legs and Feet of the Colour of the Bill ; they build for the moft 

 part in high Walls of demolifhed or ruinous Towers, which are com- 

 man mSwitzerla7jd; they fly very high ; they lay two or three Eggs; the 

 Young fly about the beginning of June, and if taken before they can 

 fly are eafily fed and made tame, fo as to fly out into the Fields and 

 return of their own accord. The young ones are commended for good 

 Meat, and counted a Dainty ; their Flefli is fweet and their Bones ten- 

 der. Thofe that take them out of the Nefts, are wont to leave one in 

 each, that they may the more willingly return the following Year. 



They are called in Switzerland Waldrapp.^ and Steinrapp^ that is 

 Wood-Crows, becaufe they delight to live in woody, mountainous, and 

 defert Places ; where they build in Rocks and old forlaken Towers. 

 This Bird I had out of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther. 



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