. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. f fl p' M. SINGING BIRDS. lizanls in the same manner, and feed upon small crabs; at times they are seen even co.'itending with the Oulls for their prey. It is amusing to see with what steady watchfulness they hover over the water in search of their precarious food, having, in fact, all the traits of the (lull ; but they subsist more on accidental supplies than by any regular system of fishing. On laud they have sometimes all the familiarity of the Magpie, hopping upon tlie b
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. f fl p' M. SINGING BIRDS. lizanls in the same manner, and feed upon small crabs; at times they are seen even co.'itending with the Oulls for their prey. It is amusing to see with what steady watchfulness they hover over the water in search of their precarious food, having, in fact, all the traits of the (lull ; but they subsist more on accidental supplies than by any regular system of fishing. On laud they have sometimes all the familiarity of the Magpie, hopping upon tlie backs of cattle, in whose company they no doubt occasionally meet with a supply of insects when other sources fail. Thev are also regular in their attendance on the fishermen of New Jersey for the purpose of gleaning up the refuse of the fish. They are less shy and suspicious than the common Crow, and showing no inclination for plundering the cornfields, are rather friends than enemies to the f^irmer. They appear near Philadelphia from the middle of March to the beginning of June, during the season of the shad and herring fishery. The habitat now accorded to this species is '"the Atlantic and Gulf States north to Long Island and west to Louisiana.'' It probably occurs occasionally along the Connecticut shore, and may straggle into .\hissacluisi tls ; though .Mr. .Allen has omitted it from his list. (;)n the Pacific coast it is replaced by C. caurinus. All Crows are more or less fish-eaters, and in some localities fish forms their staple diet. On the shores of Cape Breton, near the coal districts, the fish-eating Crows are separated by the natives from the common sort. It is saiil that the flight and voice of these birds can be readily distinsiuished. Some inincrs working at Lepreaux. in Xew Prunswick, who were familiar with the fish- eating Cr.)\\s of Cape Preton, drew my attention to a flock of aiiixarentl) .^mall and peculiar-voiced Crows gleaning along the shores : but t
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