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ahead, I had begun to fear he would go by with- 

 out stopping, when he suddenly wheeled and at 

 the same instant said " Hurrah," as distinctly as 

 I have ever heard it spoken, and dropped to the 

 feed. The clearness, energy, and unexpectedness 

 of his " Hurrah " startled me. He alighted and 

 began to eat, evidently without suspecting my 

 presence, notwithstanding the fact that I lay only 

 a few feet away. Some days before, a mountain 

 lion had killed a mountain sheep; a part of this 

 carcass I had dragged to my bird table. Upon 

 this the crow, for such he was, alighted and fed 

 ravenously for some time. Then he paused, 

 straightened up, and took a look about. His 

 eye fell on me, and instantly he squatted as if 

 to hurl himself in hurried flight, but he hesi- 

 tated, then appeared as if starting to burst out with 

 "Caw" or some such exclamation, but changed 

 his mind and repressed it. Finally he straight- 

 ened and fixed himself for another good look 

 at me. I did not move, and my clothes must 

 have been a good shade of protective coloring, 

 for he seemed to conclude that I was not worth 

 considering. He looked straight at me for a few 



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