_Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos. Case 1, Fig. 19; Case 3, Fig. 27_
Sexes alike in color. L. 19-1/2.
_Range._ North America; migratory at the northern
limit of its range; roosting in colonies in
winter.
Washington, abundant P.R. Ossining, common P.R.
Cambridge, common P.R. abundant T.V. N. Ohio,
common P.R. Glen Ellyn, common P.R. SE. Minn.,
common S.R., Mch.-Nov., uncommon W.V.
The Crow and the Robin are probably the best known of all our birds. The
former we treat as an enemy and the latter as a friend, and one
therefore is as wild as the other is tame. Whether the Crow deserves to
be outlawed has not as yet been decided. But we should not condemn him
out of court and let us remember that as an intelligent, self-respecting
citizen, who animates wintry wastes with his shining sable form and
clarion call, he has other than economic claims to our consideration.
The nest is placed in a tree about 30 feet up, and 4-6 eggs, green
thickly marked with brownish are laid in April.
The Florida Crow (_C. b. pascuus_) is very near the northern bird, but
has the wings and tail smaller, the bill and feet larger. It lives
chiefly in the pine barrens of Florida and is much less common in the
state than the Fish Crow.