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1 Suetonius says, that when Tiberius was staying at Rhodes, an eagle perched on the roof of his house; such a bird having never been seen before on the island.
2 See B. iii. c. 21.
3 It is still noted for its thieving propensities; witness the English story of the Maid and the Magpie, and the Italian opera of "La Gazza Ladra." Cicero says, "They would no more trust gold with you, than with a jackdaw." See also Ovid's Met. B. vii. It is the Corvus pica of Linnæus.
4 "Mottled pics."
5 See B. iv. c. 12.
6 Asia Minor, most probably. The assertion, though supported by Theophrastus, is open to doubt.
7 Sec B. viii. c. 83.
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