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Show The Crows In Winter. Crows aro not nearly bo numerous In tho winter, In northern Now York nml In places (pinlly cold, as they aro In summer, says St. Nicholas. Yet ninny of tliem gain n living by picking up tho grains of lorn Hint liavo fallen from the freight cars ami been scattered scat-tered along v - track. Ami slnco thoy cannot long exist wliliotit water, thoy also find much food on tlio river hariks and nlong tho spring runs when tho Bnow Is deep. No other bird will better bet-ter row aril closo observation, tho study of his language alnno being an endless tourco of amusement and Instruction. In-struction. Crows nro among tho earliest earli-est birds to built. They lay their dark green eggs beforo tho last snow has fallen. |