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and in a circular direction, making a 
shriller noise than the Jackdaw. The 
Cornish peasantry attend so much to them, 
that it is common to see them tame in their 
gardens. They are observed to shriek out 
very loud on the appearance of a stranger, 
but when applying for food, or desirous of 
pleasing those who usually fondle them, 
their chattering is soft and engaging. 
When tame, they are docile and amusing, 
and extremely regular to their time of 
feeding. But however familiar they may 
be to their immediate friends, they will 
not permit a stranger to touch them; will 
resent any affront with violence and effect, 
employing both beak and claws for that 
purpose, and will hold so fast by the latter, 
as to be with difficulty disengaged. 
The Red-legged Crow is found upon 
the Alps, in Canada, in Egypt, where great 
numbers resort towards the end of the 
inundations of the Nile, and also in the 
Persian empire. 
