go THE NATURAL HISTORY 
‘When the Jay perceives a Fox, he cries out, and _ | 
ue great number of Jays immediately come tohim,.. - 
and endeavour to frighten the Fox with their noife. — 
‘Like the Rook and the Magpie, he hoards that . 
food which he does not immediately want to eat, 
and fometimes forgets where he has left it. The 
‘nuts that he has buried in this manner begin to. 
ogrow in the {pring. . | 
There is one kind of Jay that has red eyes 
and its feathers are almoft white. 
SSP CT i A. 
Tur MAGPIE. 
HE Magpie’s bill is very much like go! 
‘Butcher Bird’s, for it has a fharp procefs 
(or notch) near the end of the upper mandible. | 
_ He lives upon worms, and infe@s, and {mall birds, 
and carrion. If he meet with a lark that is. 
wounded, or a Chicken at a diftance from the 
Hen, he is fure to kill and eat therh, e 
Magpies frequently. perch upon the back of « 
_-cows and theep, and eat any little infects that 
breed there. They feek for the nefts of little : 
birds, and very often fuck theireges, = = 
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