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at the first hint of an approaching enemy. This they 

 were taught by a warning caw from either parent. 

 Before they were large enough to fly an accident 

 befell the family. On the morning following a heavy 

 wind and rain storm one of the young was found on 

 the ground nearly dead. It was taken home and 

 cared for, and soon we had a most famous pet, valued 

 all the more because it was the offspring of Old White 

 Wing. 



When the young crows were large enough to stand 

 on the edge of the nest, Old White Wing, on a branch 

 not far away, would straighten up and gently flap 

 his wings, and soon the young were imitating him. 

 He would then hop to another branch, and then to 

 one a little farther on, always using his wings. In 

 two days the young could do the same, and in a week 

 they flew to the clearing. But their fat httle bodies 

 were still covered with down. At night they roosted 

 by their old nest; this, however, was soon abandoned, 

 and they took to other trees like grown-up folks. 

 They were probably taught to choose the long slender 

 branches, and to keep a sharp lookout for hawks 

 and owls; and thus, by the constant example of their 

 parents, they were soon well educated in the habits 

 and ways of crow life. 



The different crow famiUes were now meeting on 



