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TIIH IOWA OKNITHOLOGIST, 



live c^rg?, in set (two broken in 

 collecting-) beautiful lig-ht sea 

 green, two eg-g-s line blotched and 

 streaked with lig-ht brown, few 

 black blotches on larg-er end, the 

 remaining- one heavily- blotched 

 at larg-er end with brown and 

 umber. 1.70a1.1<); l.()7xl.l7; l.b3 

 xl.l5. 



Set III, April lb, 18^:3 

 Boone, Iowa. Nest placed in tree 

 30 feet up. Five eg-g's fresh, this 

 is a pretty set and shows variety 

 of marking's; one is lig-ht sea 

 g-reen heavily blotched at the 

 larg-er end with lig-ht brown, 

 olive brown and umber. In the 

 other eg-g-s the g-round color is a 

 darker g-reen, completely blotched 

 at the larg-er end \vith dark olive 

 green and dotted with umber 

 and black; the remaining- three 

 are between the light ;ind dark 

 eg-gs in ground color, but verj- 

 heavily marked over entire egg- 

 with brown and umber. 1,67x1.16; 

 1.71x1.15; 1.60x1.13; 1.68x1.17. 

 Set IV. April 23. '93. Bocne, 

 Iowa. Nest in while oak 15 feet 

 up, bird on nest, -five eggs fresh. 

 This is a typical set for this 

 county; four of the eggs are 

 sea green thickh^ spotted and 

 blotched with light and dark 

 brown, heaviest on larger end; 

 the remaining egg a beautiful 

 light sea green spotted and 

 blotched with brown and umber 

 chiefly about larger end. 1.77x 

 1.08; 1.77x1.12; 1.75x1.10; 1.69x1.12. 

 Set V. Boone. Iowa. Nest in large 



tree, live in set, fresh. Ground 

 color light green, entire egg 

 covered with line dots and 

 blotches of light brown and 

 umber. The markings of four 

 are heaviest on larg-er end, the 

 remaining one has a dark wreath 

 of brown and umber on the 

 smaller end, showing a pretty 

 contrast tt) the light green. In 

 this county I have found the Crow 

 to prefer the heavy timber along 

 the creek and river bottoms but 

 have also observed them nesting 

 in groves in suitable localities, 

 several nests usually being in one 

 grove. In May young Crows are 

 plenty. May 7, '94. I found five 

 nice fellows, 40 feet up, in heavy 

 timber near the "Ledges". It 

 is during this time when the 

 glossy fellows are raising their 

 own 3'oung, that they rob the 

 eggs and young of other birds. 

 During the season of '94 I took 

 many sets of Crow's eggs — being 

 similar to the ones taken in '93 — 

 it will not be necessary to take up 

 more valuable space in the Iowa 

 Okxithologist describing colors 

 of eggs, nests, etc. Nesting 

 began March 22. First set taken 

 April 1, 1894, in red oak at 

 "Ledges."(Carl Fritz Henning.) 

 "Quite abundant in Story Co., 

 inhabiting the woods along the 

 streams and making extensive 

 forays upon the adjacent grain- 

 fields. Also acts as a scavenger 

 around slaughter-houses. Nests 

 made of sticks and weeds. 



