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282. Common Crow. ' Common. Some of 
them stay with us the entire year but the ma- 
jority migrate. They inhabit the dense woods 
and build about the first of May. The nest is 
placed on a horizontal limb, but generally in 
the crotch of a pine or spruce tree. I have 
J found them as near the ground as fifteen or 
twenty feet. The eggs are usually four in 
number; their color is a light green covered 
with blotches and spots of different shades of 
brown. They vary greatly in size; a set of 
four in my collection measure 1 5-8 in. by 1 1-8 
in., 1 3-4 in. by 1 1-8 in., 1 3-4 in. by 1 1-8 in., 
1 5-8 in. by 1 1-8 in. The food of these birds 
consists of larvas, small young birds and eggs. 
During the winter the pangs of hunger press 
them to the outskirts of the towns and villages. 
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