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grant tliiis, the bird will be iiciitml, doing just as uiucli good 

 as he does harm. But this leaves unnoticed the fact, which Ik 

 nndoubted by all careful observers of birds, .that the Crow 

 destroys a great inimbcr of small birds wliich, if permitted to 

 live, Avould destroy more insects in a day than a Crow would ■ 

 in a year. Therefore, A\e conchide his habits arc far front 

 bcnefleial. The nest is placed generally in a pine tree, near 

 the top, and is constructed of eonrse sticks and lined with 

 leaves. The eggs are four in number, of a light-green color, 

 covered with spots and l)lotches of l)r()wn. The eiigs are 

 generally laid by the first Aveek in ]\Iay. 



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I>n K Jay. — This l)ird is also of injurious habits, as ir 

 destroys but comparatively few insects, Avhile during May and 

 June it subsists on the ag^^i^ and young of other birds. The 

 nest is placed on a Ioav limb of a pine or other tree, and is 

 built of sticks and twigs, Avith hardly any lining. The C'-ir-*; 

 are four or five in number, of a light-green color, spottetl 

 finelv Avith different shades of brown. 



