1892. 
Sept. I. 
Sept. 26 
Oct.§* , 
Corvus ainericanus. 
Mass . 
Concord. - carefully with my glass I did not see the Owl until , C rows. 
at length he flew from among the densest foliage in the very top .mobbing 
Instantly the Crows followed-every one of them-silently for a jm Owl , 
second or two, then every throat poured forth cries of rage and 
abuse. Doubtless every expletive Known to the Corvine vocabu- 
lary was hurled after the big Bubo as he flapped off through the 
trees. He did not go far this time-only to the crest of the ridge 
in fact where I left him and his sable tormentors to their own 
devices. 
. Concord .- About 40 Crows were mobbing an Owl, doubtless a Bubo, 
in the chestnut trees at Holden's Hill. 
Concord.- Wright showed me in some Baldwin apples which had been £LE23¥& 
attached by Crows he said. Each apple had a hole an inch or P.g.cXiBg 
more in diameter peeked in the side to the core. In many cases awpl gsi 
the hole extended through to the other side. The core with its 
seeds seemed to have been removed in evet^ instance. Wright 
thought that more than half the apples in one tree had been thus 
treated. He has seen lagge number of Crows in the tree for 
several days lately. He has never Known or heard of Crows 
attaching apples before. These are still green or hard and un- 
ripe. 
I saw one floch of 29 Crows this morning flying S.W. low down 
