and difeaied fheep,- and moftly fucceed if the animal is 
incapable of rifing/' To the extenfive downs and heaths with 
with which this country abounds, they refort in vail numbers, 
where they feed on grain, worms, and infe(51s, particularly 
beetles, for which they fearch with the greateft diligence ; 
may be oft^n feen in com.pany with the common crow, in 
ploughed fields ; it is a very (by bird, and will take wing even 
at the approach of a dog ; on the fea coafts they feed on fmall 
ilieil-fifh, marine infe6ts, and any animal matter thrown up 
by the tide. 
It wass formerly very common in the vicinity of London, 
particularly about the neighbourhoods of Hoxton gnd Hackney^ 
but is now become rare fo near town. 
