288 HOODED CROW. Class IL 



For want of other food, they will eat cran- 

 berries and other mountain berries. ■ / ' 

 . ; These birds are not gregarious unless when 



attracted by carrion, or meet accidentally on the 

 shores in search of shell-fish. In spring before 

 pairing time, they convene in great flocks ; each 

 associates with its mate and then they disperse. 

 They are observed in Kent to quit the shores 

 of the Thames towards evening, and roost in 

 great numbers promiscuously in the woods. 



It is a bird of uncommon atfection to its 

 mate ; one which had been shot and hung by its 

 legs on a tree adjacent to the nest, was dis- 

 covered by its companion on returning from 

 forage. It perched over the dead body, sur- 

 veyed it attentively, as if in expectation of its 

 revival ; at length, on a windy day, the corpse 

 being put in motion, the survivor, deceived by 

 it, descended, fluttering round for a considerable 

 time, endeavouring to release its mate, and 

 uttering a melancholy scream ; at last finding 

 its eflbrts to be in vain, it retired without ever 

 returning to its usual haunts. 



" Is very common in some parts of India j 

 and was found by Monsieur Sounerat, in the 

 Philippine h\es.'' J. L. . , . , ..*4 



