. The crow in its relation to agriculture : Is it a farm pest? . ms of the common crow, including the close relatives, the Florida, southern, and western crows.^ The food habits of all these are es- 1 Corvug hrachyrhynchos iraohyrhynchos. Corvus caurinus. Corvus brachyrhynchoa pasciws. Corrus cryptoleucue. Corvus hrachyrhyncJMS paulus, s Corvus corax prinoipalis. • Corvus hrachyrfmnohoa hesperis. » Corvus coram sinuatus. Corvus ossifragtis. >» Corvus hractiyrhynchos, four subspecies, The Crow in Its Relation to Agriculture. 5 sentially the same, diflfering only to an extent occasioned by th
. The crow in its relation to agriculture : Is it a farm pest? . ms of the common crow, including the close relatives, the Florida, southern, and western crows.^ The food habits of all these are es- 1 Corvug hrachyrhynchos iraohyrhynchos. Corvus caurinus. Corvus brachyrhynchoa pasciws. Corrus cryptoleucue. Corvus hrachyrhyncJMS paulus, s Corvus corax prinoipalis. • Corvus hrachyrfmnohoa hesperis. » Corvus coram sinuatus. Corvus ossifragtis. >» Corvus hractiyrhynchos, four subspecies, The Crow in Its Relation to Agriculture. 5 sentially the same, diflfering only to an extent occasioned by the vary-ing character of the food supply in the different parts of the areacovered by their combined ranges. In some of the Western States,where the crow appears only as an occasional breeder, it has littleeconomic significance, as in Nevada and the greater parts of Arizona,New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, andparts of Wash-ington and Oregon. It can be considered only locally abundant inCalifornia. The western parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and. Fig. 1.—Young crows nearly ready to leave the nest. Nebraska support very few crows; and in large areas of Montana,North Dakota, and South Dakota, and in the Gulf States of Florida,Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana crows are not common. Basedon the average yearly abundance, the crow exerts its greatest eco-nomic influence in the States along the Atlantic coast north of NorthCarolina and in the central and upper Mississippi Valley. LIFE HISTORY. The nest of the crow is built at heights varying from 20 to 60 feet,and during the breeding season it is usually well concealed from be-low by foliage. Sometimes it is placed in the dense top of a pine, butoaks and elms of the river bottoms, and, in the West, cottonwoods areequally acceptable. The nests are rarely found in deep forests. In 6 Farmers Bulletin li02. the East the hilly and partially wooded sections of New Jersey, NewYork, and Pennsylvania seem to meet nesting req
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