FIELD BIRDS loi 



October we may see them migrating by day, string- 

 ing across the sky, for Crows never fly in such close- 

 massed flocks as do Redwings or Crackles. 



During the winter Crows return every night to 

 roost in the same woods. Such a great Crow lodg- 

 ing-house may contain as many as 200,000 Crows, 

 and is one of the most remarkable sights in Ameri- 

 can bird-life. 



In the morning the birds fly out to every point of 

 the compass to forage for food along the beaches, 

 on the uplands, or in old cornfields where scarecrow, 

 more disreputable looking than ever, still spreads 

 his ill-clad arms in silent, unheeded warning. 



