Mio-rat Ing; 
C rows 
Resident 
Crows 
but following one another at least fifty or more yards 
apart. On such occasions the sound of their voices, coming 
from far and near, was very pleasing, especially when 
mellowed by distance. For the most it consisted of single 
caws .uttered with ever-V8.rying intonations by widely- 
separated members of the sable throng. There was seldom 
or never any clamorous and general outcry excepting virhen, 
as occasionally happened, the birds descended to feed 
awhile in grassy meadows or fields of unharvested corn. 
Then and there they were given to not infrequent outbursts 
of prolonged and vociferous cawing in which every member 
of the flock seemed to be taking part. 
Although passing oftenest during tranquil weather, 
the migrant Crows sometimes appeared when it was othervirise 
and then might be seen in rather compact flocks, now 
mounting above, next disappearing belov; or behind wooded 
ridges with many a gra-ceful, curving swoop, as they 
advanced laboriously against violent, a^dverse gusts of wind 
Our locally-resident C^ows seemed disinclindd to intermingl 
with alien ones invading their haunts on such occasions 
but instead busied themselves with their own affairs, in 
accustomed ways. That most if not all of them remain in 
Concord throughout the year is open to little doubt. Suc^, 
a.t least, is certainly the case with one particular bird 
whose unvarying and characteristic caw-car- e-e (very 
