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CORVIDiE. 
INS ESS ORES. 
CONIROSTRES. 
COR VIDjE. 
MAGPIE. 
PIANET. 
Pica caudata. 
PLATE LX. FIG. III. 
This elegant and well-known bird is another of those 
which are in this country doomed to the most extermi¬ 
nating destruction, because they exercise those instincts 
which are implanted in them by the God of Nature. It 
has become with us, in consequence of its persecuted life, 
and contrary to its natural disposition, one of the shyest 
and most wary birds we meet with : a little of its nature 
will, however, even here prevail, in its selection of those 
trees for its nest which are near some human dwelling. 
In Norway, a country where it meets with nothing but 
kindness, it is upon the most familiar terms with the na¬ 
tives. In the town of Drontlieim it builds its nest under 
the eaves of their warehouses, and on their churches; 
upon the roofs of which, and the surrounding tombstones, 
a dozen of them may be seen at one time. 
In the country, and even upon the islands adjacent to 
the coast, we scarcely saw a single house without two or 
more of these lively birds, which commonly build their 
nests under the very eaves, or in some stunted tree close 
by, where the nests are piled upon each other for many 
feet in depth, the accumulation of the undisturbed and 
quiet possession of many years. 
