irom their favorite localities, would usually follow a mild, open Winter, 
when the birds stayed with us all Winter, roaming around the farming dis¬ 
tricts in large numbers, but disappearing as the breeding season approach¬ 
ed, Some Winters they stay throughout, and some seasons they breed 
here, but they seem to lack that fondness for a certain locality, a return 
to which, Spring after Spring, is characteristic of so many of the smaller 
birds.’’ [In the East, the evidence tends to prove that the Crow will 
become attached to a certain locality and will nest in the immediate 
neighborhood year after year ; however they are not so constant nor 
stubborn as our larger Hawks and Owls, nor as persistent as our Warb¬ 
lers, Thrushes, etc,., but as a rule will speedily move their quarters if 
robbed a few times. — F. L. B. ] 
W. Harvey McNairn, Toronto, Canada. — “ In the Spring or late Win¬ 
ter, just about pairing time, the Crows are here in immense numbers. 
Sometimes one can see a flock of several hundred. I am of the opinion 
that Crows from all parts of the country come here to spend the Winter. 
There is plenty of brush, nearly two hundred acres in a park, where they 
are protected ; but comparatively few stay through nesting time. Some¬ 
time ago I found an old Crow that had become blind, and afterward heard 
of several other similar cases ; judging from the fuss the others made and 
the bii'ds sleek appearance, he had been fed by his comrades." [Doubt¬ 
less the cause of the bird’s blindness can be attributed to the excessive 
coldness. Several instances were reported last Winter (during a very cold 
spell) of Crows having their eye-balls frozen and bursted, in Chester 
County, Pa. — F. L. B. ] 
Reuben M. Strong, Wauwatosa, Wis. — “ For several years the Crows 
had a roost in a tract of timber near here, occupying it during late Win¬ 
ter and early Spring. In the Spring of 1889 this roost was changed to a 
grove of conifers on the northern side of the Muff. Several hundred 
Crows gather at this roost at one time, and in their present location 
greatly disturb the patients in the sanitarium on the same bluff A few 
spend the Winter here, but the bulk does not appear until after the middle 
of March. Old settlers say that birds of this species were comparatively 
rare thirty years ago They seem to be increasing in numbers. Civili¬ 
zation seems to favor them by furnishing them with an abundance of 
food, and their habits render them comparatively free from its dangers." 
John C. Brown, Carthage, Mo.—“Nests are often found in-maple 
groves, the birds nesting in colonies of six to a dozen pairs. The nest is 
usually so large that the female cannot be seen from below, while incu¬ 
bating There are from two to six eggs in a set ; in one case seven eggs 
were found. In this instance, two females must have deposited their eggs 
