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appear about llie place, when tlie.y lli-w oil in, ap- 

 parently, great anger. By some accident a horse was 

 killed and its body hurled into a deep ravine. J^^■ 

 lliis misliap I learned that Kavens were very partial 

 to horse flesh, as they daily visited thedecayingearcass, 

 and seemingly made little or no efforts to obtain nthoi. 

 kinds of food. 



When deer are shot and evisccrnlcd Ravens coiiie 

 around and feed on the refuse matler. At such limes 

 they generally are seen in paii-s. l)nl somelimes sev 

 (H'al are together. 



Tni': Kisir mow. 



The Fish frow, smaller than the Common Crow, 

 glossy black wilh green and violet reflections, occurs 

 chiefly about maritime districts of the Atlantic Coast, 

 from Long Island to Florida. In Pennsylvania the 

 Fish Crow is found, in the summer season, along the 

 shores of the Delaware river and abont the Susque- 

 hanna river from Columbia, Lancaster county, south- 

 ward. The Fish Crow has the same bad habit which 

 has made such a blot on the good name of its neai- 

 kinsman, the Common Ciow, namely, that of robbing, 

 Audubon tells us, other birds of their eggs and young. 

 However, such deeds of rai)ine, en the part of I he Fish 

 Crow, are, it is believed, much less frequeni llian is 

 the case with the Common Crow. 



Some observers, however, as.sert that Meadowlarks, 

 Clapper Rails, Terns, Quails and other smaller species 

 f>f birds suffer the loss of many of their eggs and 

 yoimgthroiigh the thieving projx-nsities of Fish Crows, 

 which are common abont the se.a coast regions. 



