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latter never loses an opportunity of capturing a crow, 

 who, when taken prisoner has to submit to all 

 manner of indignities. One bird was made for his 

 sins to go through life with his neck through a Wills' 

 cigarette tin, in the bottom of which a hole had 

 been punched. The crow who had to wear this collar 

 must have led rather an unhappy life, for, besides, 

 being the laughing stock of his companions, he must 

 have found a cigarette tin a most uncomfortable article 

 of apparel. Another crow, whom I have the honour 

 to number among my acquaintance, has a little bell 

 tied round his neck, which tinkles as he flies about. 

 He has worn this bell for years ; it does not appear 

 to cause him any inconvenience and it is possible 

 that he is very proud of the appendage. Crows, as 

 we have seen, are vain birds. 



It is perhaps hardly fair to call the kite an enemy 

 of the crow. The two species are certainly con- 

 stantly squabbling and fighting, but this is rather a 

 matter of jealousy than of enmity. Both birds eat 

 much the same kind of food and obtain it in an 

 equally questionable manner, so that a certain amount 

 of rivalry, accompanied now and again by some 

 bickering, is inevitable. I have witnessed a good 

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