The eighteenth quarterly report of the board of managers of the Franklin Institute

Abstract

Jac/c&tzva are said ~o be more than usually clamorous before.rain, These birds freque~, the tlocks of rooks, and with them go,:g{{tN~feot, as if they were aware of the superior sagacity of t!~e r0ok'{iVfindii~g;~:~ the most productive pasttu-e, and had learnt to avail themselx;'es Of R'; Starlings sometimes'do the same. Sometimes before a cl=iangd:!tif Weather, the daws make a ,,*-~' reat noise, in the chmmeys" = wherein:they build, and the so,and coming down the flue is disfiaetly heard in the chamber. A'iee,~'.-The b}rds so called, t, ah~ones Milv4, soar)ng very Ingh ia. the air. demote fidr weather, according to many audmrs. ~'he,{ame is observed of ravens-Corvi Coraces. fro ~; co.wr~.~.~.? FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. The eight-centh (~z.,.arter@ Report of the Board of Manage're q/" lt~e fi~a,klin h~.,til'ule.