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lygamous, in which cafe it would, in fome meafure, be 
nec'effary. to enlarge the nefts, and thus, without any 
friendly focial principle, they might be conftrained to 
unite in performing the work ; the eggs are as large as 
thofe of a pigeon, of a fea-green colour, fpotted at the 
ends. It is probable that the females hatch twice or 
thrice a year, according to circumftances; if the firft 
lucceeds, they do not make another till autumn; if, on 
the contrary the eggs are robbed, or eaten by fnakes or 
cats, they make a fecond, and towards the end of July, 
or during the courfe of Auguft, they hatch a third time : 
certain it is, that their nefts are found in the months of 
March, May, and Auguft. They are gentle, and eafily 
tamed ; and it is faid, that if they are taken young, they 
may be educated and taught to fpeak, very fimilar to a 
parrot. 
The fame friendfhip and conbord which appears dur¬ 
ing incubation, continues after the broods are hatched ; 
when the mothers have covered together, they feed fuc- 
ceftively all the little family. The males, aflift in bring¬ 
ing fuppiies ; but when the females hatch feparately 
they rear their young apart, yet without fhewing any 
jealoufy or ill temper ; they carry the food by rotation, 
and the young ones receive it front all the mothers. 
The nature of the food depends upon the feafon, fome- 
tinies confifting of caterpillars, maggots, and infebts, 
and fometimes of fruits and feeds, as millet, maize, rice, 
wild oats, &c. In a few weeks the young ones are able 
t try their wings, but they do not venture far ; loon af¬ 
terwards they perch bclide their parents among the 
bullies, and then are cxpofed to the ravages of the birds 
of prey. The ani is an inoffenfive bird ; it does not 
plunder the rice plantations, like the blackbird ; it does 
not feed upon the nuts of the cocoa-tree, like the wood¬ 
pecker ; nor does it confunte the crops of millet, like 
the parrots and panukeets. 
2. Crotophaga major, the great ani : this bird is larger 
than the preceding, being equal to the jay in fize ; it is 
eighteen inches long, including the tail, which occupies 
the half of that extent; its plumage is nearly of the 
fame colour as that of the ,former, only it is more varie¬ 
gated with brilliant green, which terminates the feathers 
of the back and the coverts of the wings ; infomuch that 
if we refted our opinion folely on the difference of fize 
and colours, we might regard thefe two birds as only va¬ 
rieties of the fame fpecies; but what proves that they 
are really two diftinbt fpecies is, that they never inter¬ 
mingle ; the one kind conftantly inhabits the open favan- 
nas, the other lodges among the groves ; yet the latter 
have the lame natural habitswith the former; they keep 
in flocks; they haunt the brinks of fait marfties ; they 
lay and hatch many of them together in the fame neft, 
and feem to be only a diiferent race accuftomed to live in 
more fecluded lunations, where the abundance of in¬ 
fects and reptiles affords an ealier fubfiftence. This in¬ 
habits Cayenne ; and, like the preceding, may be eafily 
tamed. 
3. Crotophagayana, the variegated ani: eleven inches 
long ; bill black ; plumage on the body variegated with 
black and red; head, throat, breuft, middle wing co¬ 
verts, and tail, black ; under parts tawny red ; legs yel- 
lowiiii brown. 
4. Crotophaga ambulatoria, the walking ani: fo 
named from the ftrubture of its feet, which have two 
toes before, and two behind, different from all others of 
the genus at prelent known. In fize and plumage it 
very much relembl. s the ; receding, and is a native of 
the Dutch ieuieiueuta in Surinam. 
CRG'lORF, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Weftphaliu, and duchy oi Mig: eleven miles eaft- 
fouth-eaft of riombarg. 
CROTOf' (a.e,) a feaport town cf France, in the 
department of tiie oouinie, about a league from the lea, 
©n the uyrth fide .1 tiie river Somme. It had formerly 
a good harbour, but is now little frequented, the trade 
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being chiefly removed to St. Valery: ten miles north- 
weft of Abbeville. 
CROT'TENDORF, or Krotendorf, a town of 
Germany, in the circle of Upper Saxony, and circle of 
Erzgebirg: fix miles eaft of Schwartzenberg. 
CROTZ'KA, a town of Hungary, on the fouth fide of 
the Danube. In 1739, a 1110ft obftinate battle was fought 
here between tire Imperialifts and the Turks. The lofs 
on the fide of the Imperialifts was, infantry, 3974 killed, 
3-7T3 wounded; cavalry, 1741 killed, 764 wounded; 
15: 5 holies were killed, and 619 wounded. The fleets 
ol the two contending powers were alfo engaged at a 
fmall diftance from the town : fifteen miles fouth-eaft of 
Belgrade. 
CROU (La,) a river of France, which runs into the 
Seine, a little below St. Denys. 
To CROUCH, v. a. [crochu, crooked, Fr.] To ftoop- 
low ; to lie clofe to the ground ; as, the lion crouches to 
his matter.—To fawn ; to bend fervilely ; to ftoop 
meanly.—Every one that is left in thine houfe, (hall 
come and crouch to him for a piece of filver and amorfel 
of bread. 1 Sam. ii. 36. 
Leatht in like hounds, thould famine, fword, and fire, 
Crouch for employment. Shake/peare. 
CROU'CHE a river of England, in the county of 
Effex, which runs into the Sea : ten miles north-eaft of 
Rochfort, celebrated for its oyfter-beds. 
CROUGHUA'MALLIN, mountains of Ireland, in 
the county of Mayo : ten miles weft-north-weft of Killala, 
CROUP, f. [ croupe , Fr.] The rump of a fowl; the 
buttocks of a horfe. 
CROUP, f. in medicine, a diforder called the chock t 
or rifing of the lights. For the caufe and cure, fee Me¬ 
dicine. 
CROUPA'DE, f. in the manege, a leap, in which the- 
horfe pulls up his hind legs, as if he drew them up to. 
his belly. 
CROUPIE'RE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Puy-de-Dome r five miles fouth of Thiers. 
CROUSAZ' (John Peter de), a Swifs divine, philofo- 
pher, and mathematician, born at Laufanne, in 1663- 
His father, who was colonel of a regiment of fufileers, 
originally defigned him for the military life. But as he 
early difeovered a greater propenfity to indulge in lite¬ 
rary purtuits, than to become a proficient in the art of 
arms, he was permitted to follow his inclination, and 
foon diftinguithed himfelf by the progrefs which he 
made in philofophy and mathematics, under able pro- 
feflbrs, at Geneva and Laufanne. To the writings of 
Defcartes, in particular, he clofely applied himfelf, and 
they principally contributed to form his future tafte. 
He, at the fame time, did not neglect: the lebtures of the 
theologicaLprofeffors, and appears to have well grounded 
himfelf in the principles of the reformed communion. 
In 1682 he reforted for farther improvement to the uni- 
verfity of Leyden; and thence went to Paris, where he 
became acquainted with the celebrated father Malle- 
branche, and other eminent men. In 16S4 he returned 
to his native country, where he was ordained minifterj 
and appointed honorary profeflor. For fourteen years 
he continued paftor of the church at Laufanne, and 
during that time was indefatigable in that literary ap¬ 
plication, which rendered him peculiarly qualified for 
the honorable offices which he afterwards filled. In 
1699 he was made profellor of Greek, and of philofo¬ 
phy, in the academy of Laufanne ; of which he was ap¬ 
pointed rebtor in 1706, and was railed to that dignity a 
fecond time in 1722. By this time he had acquired 
luch an extenfive reputation, that he was fixed upon for 
mathematical and philofophical profellor at the univer- 
fity of Groningen, in 1724; and two years afterwards 
was chofen a foreign member of the Royal Academy of 
Sciences at Paris. About the fame time he was ap¬ 
pointed tutor to prince Frederic of Heffe-Caffel, to 
whofe 
