. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . e discovered there,things that no one ever would have imagined werepossessed of any attraction for the bird : but a Raven ispossessed of a strong spirit of mischief, and no doubtmany of its felonious acts are the outcome of sheerdevilry; for of course it does -^ ^ not hide thethings with anyview to a futuremeal, though itwill bury bonesand any portionsof food it isunable to con-sume upon thespot. If it is desiredthat a pair ofRavens shouldbreed, a flatbasket shouldbe provided f
. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . e discovered there,things that no one ever would have imagined werepossessed of any attraction for the bird : but a Raven ispossessed of a strong spirit of mischief, and no doubtmany of its felonious acts are the outcome of sheerdevilry; for of course it does -^ ^ not hide thethings with anyview to a futuremeal, though itwill bury bonesand any portionsof food it isunable to con-sume upon thespot. If it is desiredthat a pair ofRavens shouldbreed, a flatbasket shouldbe provided fortheir use, andmay be fastenedtowards the up-per part of theirabode, or bemerely left uponthe ground. Ifthey have the runof the garden,they will be ableto pick up sti cks to line it to their liking; but if, as must usually be thecase where the gardener takes any pride in his work, theyare confined to a run, they may be given the disintegratedportions of a birch broom, and a little hay and somefeathers; with the two last, they will line the nest they havebuilt themselves with the former in the basket, and :^^- The Ravkn. i64 BRITISH BIRDS as they are not difficult to please in the matter of food,they will rear a succession of families, two or three in eachseason, for a long series of years. The Scandinavian Raven is much larger than its Britishcongener, and is therefore, from a utilitarian point ofview in the aviary, to be preferred to the latter. THE RAZORBILL. This bird belongs to the Auk family and is pretty com-mon in many parts of Britain. It is a strong flyer, andvery active in swimming, in and on the water, as well asin diving. It is frequendy to be seen at a considerabledistance from land, e. g., about midway between Holyheadand Dublin. Its food consists of fish, which it secures bydiving. It is migratory in its habits, breeding in the north. The upper parts are dusky black, and the under purewhite; the greater wing coverts have white tips, whichform a line acro
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