Show CALLED SHREDS OF SATAN for uncanny knowingness and prankish audacity the indian crow has no equal Trai travelers elers in the orient haap much to say sa about the indian crox crow a bird thit that for uncanny knowingness and prankish audacity auda cit has perhaps no equal corvus thus have ethnologists flatteringly flatte labeled him but a a famous naturalist who knows the breed at first hand has called them shreds of satan cinders from to agn agne e these impish crea tures their due hoa however homeier eier it shou should id be said that life in india is not a lit tie enlivened by their presence A companion comp correspondent witnessed the following incident A small hawk had seized a little bird and perched on a leafless branch to benour his prey the spectacle drew dren two crows to the spot they hopped and napped flapped from branch to branch noisily discussing the strategy of their intended raid then one of them quietly slipped ania aej through the surrounding foliage at the sime same time his mate fled in front of the perching hawk and hovering steadily within a foot of his beak bal maintained a bustling menace of snatching itching sn the thit that effectually compelled the attention of the hawk I 1 his ils pre firmly grasped beneath his feet lie he angrily hissed and lunged at the hovering nuisance so lively was nas the skirmish that the human er cr forgot the existence of ill the second crow cronn but now that wil veil bird r reappeared some distance in the rear of his destined with stealthy sid gidlings lings and short noiseless flights lie he diew near then he be made a swift sift dash seiyei the hawks banks long kitred tail b the tip hung on oil it with his full vi weight eight and toppled the luckless haw hawk I 1 in a complete back somersault front from the perch the was instantly seized by b the irit first crow and the alc cr p lir bore oft off their booty with much triumphant cawing |