114 JANUARY 



The English sparrow eats corn, too. 



Look at his beak. 



The crow eats something besides corn. 



His beak is so long. 



And do you see the little hook at the end ? 



The farmers tell us that he eats young birds. 



He sonietimes eats insects and field-mice. 



At any rate, he finds plenty to eat summer 

 and winter. 



But it is only in the spring that he builds 

 a nest. 



It is very large. 



It is built on sticks of red cedar-bark. 



And in it Mrs. Crow lays her strong speckled 

 green eggs. 



Caw! Caw! Caw! 

 Over in the meadow, 



In a nest built of sticks 

 Lived a black mother-crow 

 And her little crows six. 

 " Caw," said the mother, 

 " We caw," said the six ; 

 So they cawed and they called 

 In their nests built of sticks. 



OLIVE A. WADSWORTH. 



