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G Groken Feather 
Onz of the pair of crows that nest in my woodlot has 
‘been flying over all winter long with a gap in his left 
wing. Three at least of the large wing feathers are 
missing, and the result is a perceptible limp. The bird 
moves through the air with the list of a boat that has 
shifted or lost its ballast. Were he set upon in the 
air by a hawk, as might happen if he were smaller, 
the race would be short. He is plainly disabled 
by the loss of these three feathers, and has been 
for months. Just how and when the loss occurred 
I don’t know. It is likely, however, that the feath- 
ers were shot away in June,—in corn-stealing 
time. Now for nearly a year he has been hobbling 
about on one whole and one half wing, trusting to 
luck to escape his enemies, until he can get three 
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