Extracts fr&m Diary of Otto Widmann 23 



roost ends. We do not now follow them into the sylvan 

 retreats where they raise a big family. Let us hope that 

 all will return to us in the fall, bringing with them- 

 selves a great army of jolly young Crows. Interesting 

 would it be to learn if other cities on the lower Missouri 

 Biver and Mississippi have similar roosts. Omaha, Kan- 

 sas City, Cairo, Louisville, Memphis are probably like 

 favored. 



