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its master, it repays the kindness shown, by the most en- 

 dearing attentions. Perched upon his shoulder, it greets 

 its cruel companions with a triumphant caw, which it repeats 

 anon, much to their discomfort. 



The natural language of the Crow, is a simple hoarse caw, 

 which is repeated vehemently and quickly, when irritated 

 or surprised. In a few instances, it has been trained to im- 

 itate articulate sounds. In Grafton, Mass., according to Dr. 

 Brewer, an individual was known to speak a single mon- 

 osyllable repeatedly, but would sometimes enunciate a brief 

 sentence of five syllables. 



The eggs vary surprisingly in their markings. The gen- 

 eral color is ordinarily a light sea-green, thickly scattered 

 with dark brown, almost black blotches, which often exhibit 

 purplish reflections. These spots are both large and small, 

 and mainly exist about the larger extremity. Another very 

 common variety to be found in Eastern Pennsylvania, pos- 

 sesses fine clottings of brown, uniformly and thickly sprinkled 

 upon a deep green-ground work. A third variety found in 

 this latitude, consists of a nearly white ground with a green 

 tinge, sparsely scattered with light purplish-brown blotches. 

 Dr. Brewer mentions a nest which was found near Spring- 

 field with eggs having a pinkish-gray ground color on one 

 side, while the rest was greenish-white, all being spotted 

 with brown. The same writer has referred to another set of 

 eggs from Hudson, Mass., which were a light bluish-given, 

 spotless, and resembled large Robin's eggs. And, finally. 

 Dr. Wood mentions a set of four which had red spots upon 

 a flesh-colored ground. In Eastern Pennsylvania, the eggs 

 measure 1.75 to 1.60 inches in length, and i.iS to i.io in 

 breadth. 



Corvus ossifragus, J/V/W. 



The Fish Crow is mainly restricted to the South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States. It is found in the States of New Jer- 

 sey, Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, the Car- 



