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interesting observations. When he follows us on field trips he goes 

 so naturally and so quietly that wild crows often follow him; 

 especially if he has a bit of food in his bill, but when Jimmie is 

 about the house he is a complete enigma to them. They congre- 

 gate as near as they dare and caw their astonishment frantically as 

 if to save Jimmie from himself. This is the nearest that Jim has 

 ever come to association wnth his own kind. 



"We think, however, that he is beginning to feel the magic call of 

 spring, for of late, he has begun zigzaging through the trees in a 

 delirium of 303' and occasionally we have seen him carrying bits of 

 straw and bark about as if he would build a nest. If at last he 

 should take a mate and rear a brood of young, and still keep his 

 attachment for man, he would indeed be worthy of the unique 

 place he enjoys in the community as well as his heritage as a mem- 

 ber of the most intelligent family of birds. 



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