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CORVUS CANADENSIS. 
mencement of cold weather; he has often remarked 
its solitary habits ; it seemed to seek the most unfre- 
quented, shaded retreats, keeping almost constantly on 
the ground, yet would sometimes, towards evening, 
mount to the top of a small tree, and repeat its notes 
(which a little resemble those of the baltimore,) for a 
quarter of an hour together ; and this it generally did 
immediately before snow, or falling weather. 
