. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. â Ji t- fi.' I! 4()(J Tim UALD if somcthiii},' stiifk in tlioii lliroat, and varied into several iiiKliilatioiis as tliey flew alon" Their nianuer ol' (lyiuMr ^ns also unlike tlio others, as they lVe(iMeii(lv sniied aixnit \vitli,â|f flapping their wiii-M, soinelhini"; in the manner of the raven ; and'l s,,nn pereeived tint their luod and tlirir nuide of proonrinir it were also different, their favourite linnn' hem-,' the hanks of the river, alon On my journey thronnh
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. â Ji t- fi.' I! 4()(J Tim UALD if somcthiii},' stiifk in tlioii lliroat, and varied into several iiiKliilatioiis as tliey flew alon" Their nianuer ol' (lyiuMr ^ns also unlike tlio others, as they lVe(iMeii(lv sniied aixnit \vitli,â|f flapping their wiii-M, soinelhini"; in the manner of the raven ; and'l s,,nn pereeived tint their luod and tlirir nuide of proonrinir it were also different, their favourite linnn' hem-,' the hanks of the river, alon On my journey thronnh the Mississippi territory last year, I resided for some time it the seat of my hospital)le friend Dr. Samuel Mrown, a few miles from Fort Adams on the ]Mississipi)i. In my various excursions there, amoiig tiie lofty fra<,'rance-hreathin<^ ma-'iinlii uoods and ina-nilicent .sciiery that ndoin the luxuriant face of nature in these southeii'i regions, this sjieeics of Crow fretpiently make its appearance, distinguished hy tlie same voice and ha1)its it liad in Georgia. _ There is in many of the i^onds there, a singular kind of lizard, that swims ahout with Its head ahovo tho surface, making a loud sounil not uidike the liarsh jarring of a dour Ihese, the Crow now hefore would freciuently seize with his chiws as'he flew alou" tlu^ ^-urface, and retire to the summit of a dead tree to his repast. Here I also ohsmed him a pretty constant attendant at the pens where t'iie cows were usually milked, and much less shy, less si,.])icious, and more solitary than the common Ciow. In the county of Cape ]\Iay, New .Jersey, I again met with these Crows, pnrticulnrlv alon vJ Ilarhour river, and latterly on the Schuylkill and Delaware- near I';hnwr the .season of .shad and herring lisliing, viz. from the middle of .Alarch until the he'nnniu" of June. A small of these Crows during this jicnod regularly Mr. uJltrain's gardens to the hig
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