Prehensile Feet of the Crow ( C'orvus frugivorus). — Apropos of what 
has lately been published regarding the power of the Crow to carry ob- 
jects in its claws I will give my latest note on the subject. 
X was attracted to a bunch of trees by a commotion among a troop of 
Robins, and discovered some six individuals fiercely attacking a Crow, a 
second black form being detected skulking some little distance away. 
Presently Crow number one flew off, followed by the entire mob of excited 
Red-breasts, when Crow number two made a dash into the trees, and 
emerged with an unfledged Robin grasped in his dexter claws; the 
youngster kicking and piping lustily. The cries brought back the guar- 
dians, who at once gave chase to the captor, and while they were off in one 
direction, Crow number one charged the nest from an opposite point, and 
retired with another of the brood firmly held in his claws. — Montague 
Chamberlain, St. John, N. B. Auk, I, Jan,, 1884. p. ^ , 
Do Crows carry objects in their Claws?— There is a habit assigned to 
Crows in Eastern Maine, which, if well authenticated, has an interest in 
the discussion of the question whether they can transport objects in their 
claws. 
Near Eastport, Maine, there is known to me a considerable deposit of 
the broken tests and half-decomposed soft parts of our common New 
England sea-urchin (S. droebackiensis ), far removed above the level of 
high water. This deposit is formed in the main of fragments of the solid 
tests of these echinoderms, which are said to have been carried there alive 
by Crows, which frequent the locality in great numbers. At a loss to 
account for the appearance of these fragments in this unusual locality, I 
made inquiries of several persons living in the neighborhood, all of whom 
declared that the sea-urchin remains were brought by the Crows from the 
shallow water not far oft'. One intelligent person, not a naturalist, said 
he had observed the Crows transporting them in their claws. Although 
1 can add nothing to this testimony from personal observation, I am 
familiar with several other accumulations of these marine animals in 
localities above high tide, from which I have observed Crows to fly up 
when startled. I cannot tell whether the Crows at such times were feed- 
ing upon the sea-urchins or not, although several of the echinoderms still 
had their soft parts adhering to the “shells.” Our sea-urchin is often left 
by a retreating tide in the pools where it could be easily seen and taken 
without difficulty by the Crows. In autumnal and winter gales multi- 
tudes are washed up on the beaches to the line of the highest reach of the 
tides. — J. Walter Fewkes, Cambridge, Mass. 
Auk, I, Jan,, 1884. p. fZ'JS 
