Crows 



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thus becoming quite familiar with some of the phases 

 of crow reasoning; but I failed to discover that they 

 can count, as has been so often stated by writers. 



The crow is a very entertaining bird in captivity, 

 and I do not know of another bird that will become 



"Jim" 



so tame and yet at the same time be so full of pranks. 

 If you have never had any experience with a tame 

 crow, you cannot appreciate the fulness of the word 

 "pranks," therefore I wish to speak of a pet crow, 

 famiharly called Jim, that I knew very well. 



It will be remembered in the story of "Old White 



