20)0t*é‘is~:*:*:™:.OOS EES NORTHWEST. CROW”. 
are sacrificed daily in a vain effort to satisfy the Gargantuan appetites of these 
young ebons. I once had the misfortune to pitch camp in a grove of willows 
which contained a nestful of Crows. ‘The old birds never forgave me, but 
upbraided me in bitter language from early morn till dewy eve. The youngsters 
also suffered somewhat, I fear, for as often as a parent bird approached, 
cawing in a curiously muffled voice, choked with food, and detected me outside 
the tent, it swallowed its burden without compunction, in order that it might 
the more forcibly berate me. 
If the male happened to discover my out-of-doorness in the absence of his 
mate, he would rush at her when she hove in sight, in an officious, blustering 
way, and shout, “Look out there! Keep away! The Rhino is on the rampage 
again!” 
I learned, also, to recognize the appearance of hawks in the offing. At the 
first sign the Crow, presumably the male, begins to roll out objurgatory guttur- 
als as he hurries forward to meet the intruder. His utterances, freely trans- 
lated, run somewhat as follows: ‘That blank, blank Swainson Hawk! I 
thought I told him to keep away from here. Arrah, there, you slab-sided son 
of an owl! What are ye doing here? Git out o’ this! (Biff! Biff!) Git, 
I tell ye! (Biff!) If ever I set eyes on ye again, I'll feed ye to the coyotes. 
Git, now!” And all this without the slightest probability that the poor hawk 
would molest the hideous young pickaninnies if he did discover them. For 
when was a self-respecting hawk so lost to decency as to be willing to “eat 
crow’ ? 
NORTHWEST CROW. 
A. O. U. No. 489. Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus (Baird). 
Synonyms.—F isu Crow. Western FrsH Crow. Noriuwest Fisu Crow. 
Pucrer Sounp Crow. ‘TipEWaTER Crow. 
Description.—Similar to C. b. hesperis, but decidedly smaller, with shorter 
tarsus and relatively smaller feet. Length 15.00-17.00; wing 11.00 (280) ; tail 
6.00 (158) ; bill 1.80 (46) ; tarsus 1.95 (50). 
Recognition Marks.—An undersized Crow. Voice hoarse and flat as com- 
pared with that of the Western Crow. Haunts beaches and sea-girt rocks. 
Nesting.—Nest: a compact mass of twigs and bark-strips with occasionally a 
foundation of mud; lined carefully with fine bark-strips and hair; 4.00 deep and 
7.00 across inside; placed 10-20 feet high in orchard or evergreen trees, sometimes 
in loose colony fashion. Eggs: 4 or 5, indistinguishable in color from those of the 
