Crows 263 
thus becoming quite familiar with some of the phases 
of crow reasoning; but I failed to discover that they 
can count, as has been so often stated by writers. 
The crow is a very entertaining bird in captivity, 
and I do not know of another bird that will become 
“ce Jm” 
so tame and yet at the same time be so full of pranks. 
If you have never had any experience with a tame 
crow, you cannot appreciate the fulness of the word 
“pranks, ” 
therefore I wish to speak of a pet crow, 
familiarly called Jim, that I knew very well. 
It will be remembered in the story of “Old White 
