BRITISH BIRDS. 
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tamed to a certain degree.” It builds on high 
cliffs by the fea fide, and chiefly frequents the 
coafts of Devonfhire and Cornwall, and likewife 
many parts of Wales ; a few are found on the 
Dover cliffs, and fome in Scotland. The female 
lays four or five white eggs, fpotted with yellow. 
It is a voracious, bold, and greedy bird, and feeds 
on infects and berries : It is faid to be particularly 
fond of the juniper berry. Its manners are like 
thofe of a Jackdaw : It is attracted by glittering ob- 
je£ts. Buffon fays that it has been known to pull 
from the fire lighted pieces of wood, to the no 
fmall danger of the houfe. 
