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the next spring when the crows first began to come he 

 would flap off down the corn rows with them, getting 

 acquainted perhaps. At night he would come back to the 

 house if the children and old Jack did not hunt him up 

 before. Gradually he got to staying out nights, and 

 finally he would be gone for two or three days at a time. 

 At last he didn't come back at all. We never knew 

 whether he was taken back into crow fellowship, or 

 whether he departed to a new land to begin life over and 

 live as a thoroughbred crow should. 



After he left, the children often took old Jack and 

 went down in the corn-field to look for Jack Crow. They 

 scared up all the flocks they could find, but never again 

 did they see Jack Crow fly out from the swarm of black 

 wings that fluttered up into the pine trees on the skirts 

 of the field. 



THE CROW FAMILY 



This is a large family, including jays and magpies. The Crow is 

 everywhere known because of the black coat. This family has no musical 

 ability, as the voice is either hoarse or harsh. The crow walks firmly 

 and easily on the ground while the jay hops. The crow is about a foot 

 and a half long; he lives on small mammals, cutworms, grain, fruit, 

 and the eggs and young of other birds. 



American Crow (Corvus Americanus): Male, plumage, glossy black 

 with purplish tinge; bill and feet black. Female, less brilliant. Lives 

 throughout the United States, summer and winter. Nest, generally in 

 evergreen trees, a platform of rough sticks lined with bark, weeds, and 

 leaves. Eggs, four to six, greenish, spotted with brown. 



