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‘a0 6D NATURAL HISTORY 


When the weather is clear, they frequently amufe — 3 
themfelves by flying to a very great height, | 
When they have hatched their: young, they feed — 
them (as the Pigeons feed their little ones) with food 
which they have prepared in their own ftomachs. | 
_ ‘They are very fond of cherries, which they fwale 
low whole, and after fome little time ah throw — 
up the ftones-and the ftems. 
_ Ravens walk when they are upon the ground, 
but do not hop. Sometimes, during itorms, they. 
are feen flying through the air, their beaks feem- 
ingly pointed with fire, it may be the lightning. 
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HE Carrion Crow. in the ie of its body : 
ahd manner of living, is like the Raven. — 
It feeds on carrion, and fometimes on grain and - 
infects, and will often pick out the eyes of young — 
lambs, It lays five or fix eggs, like the Raven; 
“and like the Raven, it is fometimes found black | 
and fometimes white. 
Tn the fummer Crows live in the woods, +. de- 
ftioy a great number of Partridges eggs, which 
they pierce very fkilfully with their beaks to carry 
to their young. es he se oie : 
