and they deposit them under the larger 
stones or broken rocks, after having aippl-y 
satisfied the immediate calls of hunger." 
These Birds, as we have before stated t 
keep in pairs all the year; and seldom 
congregate, unless to regale on some car- 
case; or in winter to roost; or when an 
individual of the species is jn danger* 
"Taking a morning's ride, (says the author 
of the Ornithological Dictionary) several 
Crows were heard in a neighbouring field 
to be very clamorous; judging that they 
had seen something that induced them to 
give the alarm call, and assemble all their 
congeners within hearing, we rode to the 
spot, where we arrived just in time to wiU 
ness a feat of activity and intrepidity, that, 
afforded inexpressible delight. Many and 
repeated pounces were made at some di- 
minutive animal on the ground, but what,, 
the little grass there was, prevented 11$ 
from seeing: however, in a few. minutes* 
a small creature was observed to meet a 
Crow in its descent, who had been more 
bold than the rest, and made a nearer 
approach; and a consequent struggle en- 
