| Show iu ami na they ey are equally birds of ill ili omen anywhere As much as I 1 lia iian varied the habits of the american crow said a man to a st louis globe democrat reporter 1 I never found anything disagreeable about min him I 1 have often wondered where a crow gets its wonderful vision and power of scenting danger they are queer birds always looking down on onedith one with an ominous eye that bodes no friendship I 1 never realized what awful and evil i intelligence these birds have until I 1 studied another type of them the raven of india when I 1 traveled in india three years ago I 1 made many journeys on pack animals through long dreary sections of territory it was then that I 1 perceived their wisdom on more than one ocea occasion gion our little party was followed for hours and lays days by ravens a hungry swarm that kept I a certain distance but never lost sight of ofus us I 1 began to wonder why we were shadowed by these hungry birds some of the natives said that they were watching for some of us to fall by the wayside As an experiment I 1 shot a dog and left it lying these miserable vultures attacked it at once within a stones throw of us I 1 should wonder little but that the american crow has the same tendencies and only awaits a scarcity of af grain to show them |
