38 «THE NATURAL HISTORY 
They are fuppofed to lay many eggs, as they 
are feen in families of twenty-four or ee a 
| old and young together. 
~ Tn September and OGober they colle& in flocks 
of two hundred or more, and as foon as the fnow 
falls, they frequent’places where pines grow. 
‘The male crows for half an hour before day 
break, and at that time raifes his tuft upright. 
More males are killed than females, probably their 
noite ae a them to the pe ren 
The fone he cieni is the Ruffed Sdtacedth 7 
7 rh eqs are feathered, and it has a ruff on the 
ee behind. | wee | eo: 
_\ Phere is a eréft on: its. herd; and its rif is 
barred with black. . The tail is large, and often 
~ fpread like a fan; it is barred with waving lines 
of black, and tipped with Koo is female 
has. neither creft or ruff. 
The Ruffed Heh agoith isa fine bird, he aoe 
bis tail like a Turkey, raifes the feathers of his 
ruff, and fwells his breaft like a’ Pouting Pigeon : 
his ftep is flow, and his carriage-majeftic. ‘He 
fometimes flands upon a branch of a decayed tree, 
and claps his wings, at. firft lowly, afterwards 
falter, cand by degrees very aera x itiakes a 
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