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appear about the place, when they flew off in, ap- 

 parently, great anger. By some accident a horse was 

 killed and its body hurled into a deep ravine. By 

 this mishap I learned that Ravens w^ere very partial 

 to horse flesh, as they daily visited thedecayingcarcass, 

 and seemingly made little or no efl'orts to obtain othei' 

 kinds of food. 



When deer are shot and eviscerated Ravens come 

 around and feed on the refuse matter. At such times 

 thej' generally are seen in pairs, but sometimes sev- 

 eral are together. 



THE] FISH CROW. 



The Fish Crow, smaller than the Ck>mmon Crow, 

 glossy black with green and violet reflections, occurs 

 chiefly about maritime districts of the Atlantic Coast, 

 from Long Island to Florida. In Pennsylvania the 

 Fish Crow is found, in the summer season, along the 

 shores of the Delaware river and about the Susque- 

 hanna river from Columbia, Lancaster county, south- 

 ward. The Fish Crow has the same bad habit which 

 has made such a blot on the good name of its near 

 kinsman, the Common Crow, namely, that of robbing, 

 Audubon tells us, other birds of their eggs and young. 

 However, such deeds of rapine, on the part of the Fish 

 Crow, are, it is believed, much less frequent than is 

 the case with the Common Crow. 



Some observers, however, assert that ^feadowlarks, 

 T'lapper Rails, Terns, Quails and other smaller species 

 of birds suffer the loss of many of their eggs and 

 younglhroughthe thieving propensities of Fish Crows, 

 which are common about the sea coast regions. 



