CHAPTER ir. 



HIS METHODS OF OBTAINING A 

 LIVELIHOOD. 



r^ROWS are the Yankees of the bird worJd. They 

 can adapt themselves to any situation or circum- 

 stance. They are not tied down to one special kind of 

 food, nor are their actions hampered by the Ten Cou;- 

 mandments. They eat anything and everything. 

 They will refuse nothmo- capable of being dioested 

 by an ostrich, and I imagme that they devour a^great 

 many thmgs which even a ./^/-bungalow khansamah 

 would hardly have the conscience to call digestible. 



The ways in which crows obtain their food make a 

 most interesting study. 



The vultures are not allowed to devour a carcass 

 in peace, there are always sonie crows who insist on 

 sharing the gruesome repast. The corvidae are useful 

 scavengers in their way for thev will eat any refuse 

 As the municipal sweepers fill the dust-bins in Madras 

 they are usually watched by a number of interested 

 crows who boldly sit on the edge of the bin and 



