CROWS AND ROOKS. 
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ere r near may be their apparent resemblance, will 
ever breed together. One great difference, besides 
the colour, which in the Hooded Crow is, as w r e have 
remarked, partly gray, is, that the latter is a regular 
migrating bird : that is, going and coming at certain 
times of the year, to certain districts ; but even in 
this respect the Carrion Crow has been known to 
resemble it in a slight degree, it haying been re- 
marked by a naturalist, that in the parish in which 
he resided, no Crows were seen for several months, 
and what became of them, or whither they went, he 
never could learn. 
The Crow, like the Raven, may be easily tamed, 
and converted into a very entertaining member of a 
family; though, like the rest of the tribe, he is sure 
to carry off, to some secret store, whatever he can 
conveniently dispose of. He soon becomes quite 
familiar, and distinguishes, at a glance, a stranger 
from one of his friends; and even after a long ab- 
sence, will recollect those from whom he has re- 
ceived kindness. A gentleman had reared one, and 
kept it for a long time, but at length it disappeared, 
and was supposed to have heen killed ; when, to his 
great surprise, about a year afterwards, as he was 
walking out, a Crow, flying over his head, in com- 
pany with others, left them, and flying towards him, 
perched on his shoulder. He soon recognised the 
bird to be his lost favourite; but though the Crow 
appeared very glad to see its old master, it seemed 
to have learned the value of liberty, and would not 
allow itself to be caught; and at last, looking up 
after its companions, again took wing, and was never 
seen or heard of more. 
