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grafs, and built in pine trees j they have 
two, rarely three, young ones at a time ; their 
eggs are blue ; they fly in pairs ; the male 
and female are perfectly alike j they feed 
on black mofs, worms, and even flefh. When 
near habitations or tents, they are apt to pilfer 
every thing they can come at, even fait meat , 
they are bold, and come into the tents to 
eat victuals out of the difhes. They watch 
perfons baiting the traps for martins, and de- 
vour the bait as foon as they turn their backs. 
Thefe birds lay up flores for the winter, and 
are feldom feen in January, unlefs near ha- 
bitations ; they are a kind of mock-bird ; 
when caught, they pine away and die, though 
their appetite never fails them. 
Corvus, 11. Pica. 157. 13. Magpie. Brit. Z00L 
Faun. Am. Sept. 9. 
Albany Fort, N° 5. 
It is called Oue-ta-kee -ajke, i. e. Heart-bird, 
by the Indians. It is a bird of palTage, and 
rarely feen ; it agrees, in all refpe&s, with 
the European magpie, upon comparifon. 
5. Picus, J12. Auratus. 174. 9. Gold-wing 
Woodpecker. J Woodpecker. Faun. Am. Sept. 10. 
Catefby, I. 1 8. 
Albany Fort, N° 4. the large Woodpecker. 
The natives of America call this bird Ou-thee- 
quan-nor-now , from the yellow colour of the 
fhafts of the quill and underlide of the tail 
feathers. It is a bird of paffage 5 vifits the 
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