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wifeliness a hen-crow on account of her very great 

 devotion to her offspring, and surely this is the 

 reason why the koel selects a corvine nest in prefer- 

 ence to that of any other bird. 



May, June, July and August are the ordinary 

 building months for the crows. The nests seem to 

 be placed indiscriminately in any kind of tree, and 

 sometimes occur on buildings or even on telegraph 

 wires. 



A typical nest is composed of *' an outer layer of 

 sticks, the thornier the better, lined inside with 

 grass." Seen from a short distance, it looks like a 

 bundle of twigs thrown hap-hazard into a tree. But 

 all crow's nests are 

 not like this. Just 

 as the bird does not 

 limit itself to one 

 kind of diet so does 

 it not confine itself 

 to one description of 

 material for its nest. 

 A Calcutta bird has 

 made itself famous 



