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and plunges his head and neck into the water, 

 agitating them violently and at the same time 

 wagging his tail energetically and gently flapping his 

 wings. There is thus a tremendous amount of 

 splashing, so that the water reaches most parts of 

 his body. Then the bird flies to a tree hard-by, 

 shakes himself as a dog does, and violently preens 

 his feathers with his beak, undergoing the most 

 violent contortions in order to gain access to the more 



inaccessible parts of his anatomy. 

 Then he again returns to the bath, 

 and repeats the above series of 

 operations. As likely as not, he 

 will return to the charge a third 



and even a 



fourth time. 



Finally he 



"^ takes a little 



drink, and then it may be 

 known that, so far as he is 

 concerned, bathing is over for 

 the day. 



Crows are very particular as 

 to their personal appearance. 



