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antl tli^ crops were nearly de.-troyod, For they 

 fame ill iiniiieijsc Hocks ; and altlioiioli many 

 were killed, it did uot deter tlie others from 

 att^king tlie grain* The reason given, why 

 dicrf were 'is0t now ^ laiimeroiifl, wm^ that the 

 young cockatoos were not sufficiently fledged to 

 leave tlie nest ; so the reapei''s sonn- niiulit ]n\ 

 " Fly not yet, little cockieii j" for the old birds, 

 mmg their progeny in e way to provide them- 

 %^vm with the neceSs^M iii li^^ tatttg thto in 

 nmltitudes to attack a field of corn or grain, and 

 are then so Indd, as to be witli n-n^it difBciilry 

 frightened away, altlioiigli the deatlis of hnndretls 

 may he the consequence ; but, fbrtunately for 

 the aet^^, the harye^ mm llus season in a mdre 

 forward state, and the litHe Godiies not being in 

 fidl feather," there waS comparatively but few 

 jnartmders 



The way the mob"' of tliese screaming and 

 deJitiriietiye 1i&tia attack a field of grain, (or the 

 cobs of com in a maise h to % agaimt, 

 bear down the stalks with their weight, perch 

 upon the fallen ears, and speedily tU-stroy tlieni.* 

 Like all the parrot tribe, they construct no nest, 

 but lay Adr^gg»iH ai Mlowlbraarfio* " spmt^* 

 of a tree, clearing it of the wttaa. wood wittiia, 



* The Madfi coeliatod itfilfcall^ ^i&3» im lire im^ the 

 whim ftpecieis almost imsamUj tipoii the gr^i&ct. 



