THE AMERICAN CROW 



for 50 miles or more. It appears highly probable that 

 the crows which are found in winter at Marshall Hall 

 roost at Woodbridge, D. C, some 15 miles distant. 

 There, in the midst of several acres of woodland, a crow 

 dormitory is established, in which probably 100,000 crows 

 sleep every winter night. It was visited in February, 

 1901, and the ground was found to be strewn with dis- 

 gorged pellets." ^ 



The FISH CROW (16 inches long) is three inches smaller 

 than the common crow. It has a more uniform irides- 

 cence above, and is greenish underneath. Its caw is 

 hoarser and more nasal. Its range is from Connecticut 

 and the lower Hudson southward, generally near the coast. 

 It is abundant in Virginia, and near the city of Wash- 

 ington. 



The FLORIDA CROW is similar to the American Crow, 

 except that its bill and feet are larger, its wings and tail 

 shorter. 



THE RAVEN 



The NORTHERN RAVEN SO resembles the crow that it is 

 often difficult to distinguish them. The chief differences 

 are the raven's much greater size (from 22 to 26 V^ in- 

 ches), and its note, which sounds more like Croak than 

 Caw. This is the raven found in Alaska, northern Can- 

 ada, and Greenland, — the bird especially revered by Alas- 

 kan Indians. It is found also in the northern United 

 States, — in the state of Washington, in Minnesota, the 

 Adirondacks, and elsewhere. 



Major Charles Bendire, in his "Life Histories of North 



1 From "Birds of a Maryland Farm," by Sylvester D. Judd — Bulletin 

 No. 17, U. S. Department of Agrtculture, Division of Biological Survey. 



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