XXII 
THE CROW FAMILY 
(Corvide) * 
Tus is a large family. Some of our most 
intelligent birds belong to it. There are first 
the crows, much larger than a robin and dressed 
in black. They have long, pointed wings, and 
tails square at the end. They live in a crowd, 
and walk on the ground. 
Then there are the jays, about the size of a 
robin, all bright-colored birds. They have short, 
rounded wings, and long tails which come down 
almost to a point in the middle. 
And then the magpies, between the other two 
in size. They have tails longer and more pointed 
than the jays, and are dressed in black with 
showy white markings. 
The common AMERICAN Crow is a bird that 
everybody knows. He lives all over our country, 
and seems to like one part as well as another. 
1 See Appendix, 16. 
