280 Old White Wing 
at the first hint of an approaching enemy. This they 
were taught by a warning caw from either parent. 
Before they were large enough to fly an accident 
befell the family. On the morning following a heavy 
wind and rain storm one of the young was found on 
the ground nearly dead. It was taken home and 
cared for, and soon we had a most famous pet, valued 
all the more because it was the offspring of Old White 
Wing. 
When the young crows were large enough to stand 
on the edge of the nest, Old White Wing, on a branch 
not far away, would straighten up and gently flap 
his wings, and soon the young were imitating him. 
He would then hop to another branch, and then to 
one a little farther on, always using his wings. In 
two days the young could do the same, and in a week 
they flew to the clearing. But their fat little bodies 
were still covered with down. At night they roosted 
by their old nest; this, however, was soon abandoned, 
and they took to other trees like grown-up folks. 
They were probably taught to choose the long slender 
branches, and to keep a sharp lookout for hawks 
and owls; and thus, by the constant example of their 
parents, they were soon well educated in the habits 
and ways of crow life. 
The different crow families were now meeting on 
