Cbe Warbler 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE CROW 



The Common Crow 



{Corvus americanus) 





THE Crow breeds freely on Long Island, extending its nesting range well 

 into the Borough of Queens along a range of hills north of Queens 

 which is well wooded. It may also nest in the Borough of Richmond, but 

 on this point I am not informed. About ten years ago a pair of Crows built 

 a nest in a half-grown oak tree that stood alone in the middle of a large cul- 

 tivated field just inside the city limits. The old bird was sitting on five eggs 

 when I found the nest and that was before any sign of foliage had appeared 

 upon the tree, and the nest could be plainly seen both from the Jericho 

 turnpike and the Long Island Railroad. As far as I know, the brood was 

 duly hatched and successfully reared. 



Immense numbers of Crows winter on Long Island, and it is not un- 

 common to see flocks, containing thousands of individuals, feeding in the 

 corn fields of Hempstead Plains, or frequenting the bays and ocean beaches 

 a few miles to the south in quest of shell-fish or any sort of food which the 

 waters mav yield. Late afternoons they are seen moving north to soine 

 rookery across the Sound on the Connecticut shore. Notwithstanding the 



