Birds The Crow 
FOOD 
The crow eats grain, meat scraps, and almost any 
of the refuse from the table. It may be fed chopped 
raw meat, mice and worms; it is fond of berries of 
the Virgina creeper, and many other wild berries. 
Grain or corn should be softened before giving it to 
the bird. 
CARE 
The crow should have plenty of fresh water for 
drinking and bathing. 
REFERENCES 
Description of habits, Birp Neicusors, Neltje Banchan. 
“Silver Spot,’’ Witp Animas I Have Known, Thompson- 
Seton. 
“Crow Ways,” Ways or Woop Fork, W. J. Long. 
“Birds’ Winter Beds,” and ‘In the October Moon,” A 
WatTCHER IN THE Woops, D. L. Sharp. 
THE CROW 
With rakish eye and plenished crop, 
Oblivious of the farmer’s gun, 
Upon the naked ash-tree top 
The Crow sits basking in the sun. 
An old ungodly rogue, I wot! 
For, perched in black against the blue, 
His feathers, torn with beak and shot, 
Let woful glints of April through. 
The year’s new grass, and, golden-eyed, 
The daisies sparkle underneath, 
And chestnut-trees on either side 
Have opened every ruddy sheath. 
But doubtful still of frost and snow, 
The ash alone stands stark and bare, 
And on its topmost twig the Crow 
Takes the glad morning’s sun and air. 
William Canton. 
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