AMERICAN CROW. 



488. Corvus ainericanus. 19 inches 



These black fellows are too well known to require 

 any comment. The many caricatures of human beings 

 that are often seen in fields of young corn, as well as 

 the strings, with bits of cloth attached, give evidence 

 of at least one article of diet of which he is fond. 



Notes. A vigorous caw, caw, caw, and many other 

 guttural squawks and chuckles. 



Nest. Of sticks, twigs and straw in the tops of 

 pine or other trees. The four to six eggs have a green- 

 ish blue ground, more heavily spotted with black and 

 brown than are those of the Raven; size 1.60 x 1.15. 



Range. Whole of North America, wintering in the 

 U. S. The Florida Crow (pascuus) is very similar. 



FISH CROW. 

 490. Corvus ossifragus. 16 inches. 



Similar to the common Crow but much smaller. Their 

 habits and actions are the same in all respects as those 

 of the Crow, with which they often associate. Their 

 nests are similar but the eggs measure only 1.45 x 1.05. 



Range. Atlantic Coast north to southern Mass. 



