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a great delicacy, and equal in flavour to 
those of the Plover. 
They feed upon insects, grain, fruit, and 
even flesh. A bird of this species, now 
in our possession, has for its companion 
a Kestril, and we have been frequently 
amused when giving a piece of flesh to 
the Hawk, by observing with what cunning 
the Jackdaw moves around him whilst 
feeding, and the moment he perceives the 
eyes of the Hawk removed from the flesh, 
seizes and carries it away. This bird will 
likewise pluck the French beans when 
green from the plant, and having eat them 
in great quantities will, in about an hour's 
time, eject them from the mouth in large 
pellets. 
Jackdaws are easily tamed,* and may 
with little difficulty be taught to articulate 
several words. Their various tricks and 
sagacity when domesticated render them 
beyond any other bird, the source of 
mirth and amusement. 
The above mentioned is so completely domesticated, that 
it is suffered to have its liberty, and flies about with as much 
freedom as a tame pigeon. 
