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Re! CROW, 
The habits of the Crow in his native state are so generdly hoown 
as to require little further Wustracion, His watehtiqness, and jes ous 
sagmcity tn distinguuisinny 2 person with a oun, ane notorieds ta every 
one. Tn sprit hen he makes bis appearance among the graves snd 
tow dhiescts, the whale featherald songsters ane instantly alunmed, well 
known the depredadons and munters he comuits on their tests, 
oges, and young, Few af theny however, have the courage to atlack 
him, ercept the King Bird, who, ob these oecasions, feases and pur 
sues him tron place to pliee, diving on his back whilo high in air and 
harssing him fora great distance. A single pair ef these noble 
spirtted birds, whose nest was built near have been hrown to protect 
a whole eld of earn thom the depredations of the Crows, not permit: 
ting one to approach it. 
The Crow is eyghteen inches and a half tong, and three feet ove 
Inches iM extent: the general color is a shining vlossy blue black, 
With purplish reflections: the threat and lower parts are Tess lossy 5 
the bill and legs, a shining black, the former nwo inches sud a quarter 
long, veey strong, and covered atthe base with thick tufts of recum 
bent foathers ; the wings, when shut, reach within an ineh and a quar 
ter of the tip of the ful, which is rounded; fourth primary, the long. 
est: secondaries scolloped at the ends, and minutely pomted, by the 
prolongation of the shail; iris, dark hasel. 
The above description agrees so nearly with the European species, 
as To satisfy me that they ave the samey though the voice ef ours is 
said to be loss harsh, not unlike the barking of & stnall spaniel: the 
pointedness of the ends of the Gil-foathers, mentioned by European 
naturalists, and occasioned by the extension of the shatts, is rarely ob- 
served inthe present species ¢ thong always very observable a the 
secondaries, 
The fomale differs fromthe male in being more dull colored, and 
rather detivient in the glossy and purplish Cnts and retlections. ‘Phe 
difference, however, is not wreat. 
Besides grain, insects, and carrion, they feed on trops, tadpoles, 
simul fish, Hzards, and shell tish: with tha latter hey frequently 
mount toa gront height, dropping then on the rocks below, and de- 
scending after then to pick up the contents. The same habit is ob- 
servable inthe Gully the Raven, and Sea-side Crow, Many other 
aquatic insects, as well as marine pkiats, tarnish them with food: 
which accounts tor their beine so wenetally found, and seo mumerous 
on the sea shore, and along the banks of our large rivers, 
