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same, we of the North always welcome the return of Bobolink 

 in the Spring, and I feel a distinct pleasure in recording that 

 he is as common as ever, notwithstanding the animosity felt 

 toward him by Southerners. 



The nest is made in a tussock of grass and is very hard 

 to find. Eggs, four to seven, elongated, grayish-white ground, 

 speckled and blotched with pale ohve and dark brown. 



Family Corvidae 

 Subfamily Corvinge 



American Crow. — Corvus americanus. 19.30 

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Common Permanent Resident 



Field marks. — Bird entirely black; on close view and in 

 favorable light, plumage iridescent steel-blue, or purplish. 



"Who knows 

 The humor of the Crows, 

 As forth they fly in bands 

 Marauding o'er the lands? 



"They lurk, they lie in wait. 

 They ponder, they debate; 

 I hear their laugh of scorn 

 Among the sprouting corn: 



"Do they despise mankind 

 As creatures of weak mind 

 Who plant good corn in rows 

 To feed the Crows?" 



