CHAPTER XXIX 



BIRDS THAT PREY AND SOME THAT DO NOT 



BILLY CROW AND HIS TWO-DOLLAR BILL WHERE DID HE GET 

 IT THE LEGEND OF HERO JIM CROW THE FIRST OWL I 



EVER SAW THE YOUNG GOBBLINGS IN THE STEEPLE SIX 



LONG-EARED OWLS IN NEW YORK CITY ICE-BOUND 

 EAGLES UNCLE SAM ON A CHESTNUT TREE AN EAGLE'S 

 SINISTER SONG UNCLE SAM WHIPPED BY A BLUE HERON 

 FISH HAWK PIPES LOUDLY FOR HELP JIM CROW SWEARS 



AT THE EAGLE YOU CAN TAME HAWKS AND EAGLES 



FLUSHING FISH HAV/K THERE USED TO BE A WOOD PILE 



HOME OF THE AMERICAN OSPREY OF WHAT THE FISH 



HAWK'S NESTS ARE MADE THE BLACKBIRD TENEMENT 

 HOUSE OSPREY'S NEST ON THE BEACH BLACK-CRESTED 

 NIGHT HERON THAT ATE PORK YOUNG HERONS THAT LOOK 

 LIKE FIENDS. 



DID YOU EVER OWN A CROW ? 



If not you have missed more than a cartload of 

 innocent fun. I have owned all sorts of pets in 

 my life, from pet beetles to 

 'coons, dogs and deer, but none 

 gave the all-round satisfaction 

 of the crow. 



It is hardy, full of the jol- 

 liest of tricks, is as affec- 

 tionate and loyal as a dog, as 

 comical as a clown, and almost 

 as intelligent as a boy. A pet 

 crow knows its friends and 



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