AMERICAN CROW 83 



31. American Crow 



Corvus brachyrhynchos 



The presence and call of the Crow at in- 

 tervals in all of the three months of the 

 spring migration have regularly been noted. 

 Some seasons a single bird has appeared 

 for one day only. In other seasons a Crow 

 or a pair has been noted intermittently for 

 a considerable period. In April, 1907, two 

 were repeatedly seen during the first half of 

 the month, and one during the second half ; 

 but there was no May record of either. 



In May, 1900, as noted by Mr. William 

 Brewster in his *' Birds of the Cambridge 

 Region," a pair of Crows nested in the 

 rear of a house on Beacon Street, near the 

 Somerset Club. Mr. H. A. Purdie fur- 

 nishes the following account of the nest- 

 ing: "The nest was built in an old, tall 

 weeping willow which stands in the stable- 

 yard, and was placed high on one of the 

 larger limbs. Here three young were reared. 

 Two of them were taken from the nest and 

 given to a person in a suburb, who kept 



