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The Jackdaw, one of the moil familiar and well-known birds of its 

 tribe in this country, does not appear to be by any means fo abundant 

 throughout the reft of Europe as fome others which are lefs frequent 

 with us. In England they aie feen at all feafons; in France and 

 Germany, which countries they inhabit likewife, they are migratory. 

 In Sweden and Denmark they are pretty conftant inhabitants. The 

 fpecies occurs alfo in the weftern part of Siberia, and a fuppofed 

 variety extends as far as Perfia. 



In a wild ftate, the haunts of this bird are the moil retired places 

 among rocks, or ruined edifices, in the cavities of which they con- 

 llruft their nefts : occafionally they build in trees, but not commonly* 

 Their eggs, from five to fix in number, are of a paler colour, and 

 have a fmaller number of fpots, than the hooded crow. 



This fpecies feeds on infeQs, grain, and feeds. It is of a docile 

 difpofition, and may be eafily rendered tame, but invariably retains its 

 pilfering inclinations even in a ftate of domeftication. The note of 

 this bird is very peculiar :— an ejaculation of the words Jakdaw, 

 Jakdaw, not indiftin£lly articulated, and repeated at regular intervals ; 

 ibis note is often heard while the bird is on the wing. 



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