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NATURAL history;. 
BIRDS of the PIE KIND. 
daft of birds, though not formed for 
war, delight in milchief, and are perpetually 
harraffing other birds, without the leaft ap- 
parent enmity ; and includes all that noily 
reftleft^ chattering, tribe, from the raven to 
the woodpecker, which hover about our ha- 
bitations, and make free with the fruits of 
our induflry. 
I hough they contribute the leaft of any 
birds to the pleafures or neceflities of man, 
they are a' remarkable for inftinft, as for 
their capacity to receive inftruiftion ; cun- 
ning and ai'chneft are peculiar to the whole 
tribe. T hey have hoarle voices, flender bo- 
dies, and a facility of flight which baffles the 
purfuit of all the rapacious kind. Of this 
daft we fcletl: the following, as moft deferv- 
ing our attention. 
The TOUCAN, 
W HICH in file and fliape rcfembles a 
jack-daw, hasa remarkable large head, 
to fupport an enormous bill, which, from the 
angles of tj|e mouth to the point, extends fix 
inches an^W half in length, and upwards of 
two inches in breadth, in the broadelt part, 
not much thicker than parchment. Some iW" 
turalifts 
