io6 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



from gold to grey, and the Swallows had 

 all gone, then it was that the young 

 birds discovered that the whole conduct 

 of their parents had changed. They no 

 longer wanted them, and each time they 

 approached them they were violently 

 attacked. In the evening, when they 

 wished to roost in the old familiar spots, 

 they found two angry Crows ready to 

 drive them away, and so violent did the 

 two old birds become that the whole four 

 young birds took the broad hints given 

 to them, and went off on their own 

 account. Where they went or what 

 became of them I do not know, for they 

 were never seen in the district again. 



Through the severe frosts and snow of 

 winter the Crows had a rough time. 

 Food of all kind was hard to find, and 

 on one occasion the birds went for three 

 whole days without a particle of nourish- 

 ment, but finding a Thrush in the same 

 plight as themselves, that is starving, they 



