. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. Great-Billed. i *//*%?;â ''â "''â '' **¥»â¢Â»*, noVSTON OH HOODED t'ltOW.âfyinis nspicuons hinl, to tlio oxpodioiit of ciu'iyiui^ itn prey to a y another llooikul Crow which has concealeil itself near the spot. As the mussels arc often very firndy bound to the rock, this ingenious bird eni])loys another mode of breaking their shells. IU\ takes a tolerably largo stone in his beidc, rises jicrjiciidicularly above the mussel bed, drops the st(jne at random upon the black inasa of m
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. Great-Billed. i *//*%?;â ''â "''â '' **¥»â¢Â»*, noVSTON OH HOODED t'ltOW.âfyinis nspicuons hinl, to tlio oxpodioiit of ciu'iyiui^ itn prey to a y another llooikul Crow which has concealeil itself near the spot. As the mussels arc often very firndy bound to the rock, this ingenious bird eni])loys another mode of breaking their shells. IU\ takes a tolerably largo stone in his beidc, rises jicrjiciidicularly above the mussel bed, drops the st(jne at random upon the black inasa of molluscs below, and descends to feed on tlu' bodies of those which have been crushed by the missile. Not oidy does the Hooded Crow feed upon such harmless diet as has already been mciitioiii'd, but it makes great havoc among small and young birds, and has often been known to hover about the shore sportsman, and carry off the dead and Avounded birds as they fall to the gun. It also haunts the farmyard when it finds a deficiency of food in tlie'o]ten country, and darting among the jioultry, kills and carries off young chickens, or breaks and drains the eggs on which the hens are sitting. Sickly and very young lambs are also persecuted by this voracious bird, who goes its rounds among the liocks as n'gularly as a sentinel, and if its watchlul eye should discover a lamb or sheep lying on its back in a ditch, is sure to hasten its death by punching out its eyes with its long and jKiwerful bill. For these reasons, the Hooded Crow is entirely detested by the country people, many of whom are imbued with sundry .superstitions concerning its origin and oliject. bike many of the same tribe, it is a most annoying neigiibour to the larger birds, especially those of a rapacious nature, iuul never can allow a liawk, lii'ron, or owl to pass within ken without mobbing it in a very ] manner. The Hooded Crow never breeds in society, but always builds its nest at .some dista
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