Show J r 2 bird authorities defend the crow oppose bounties and open warfare I 1 crows ara are not nearly as black as they are painted says robert P al len field investigator for the national association of audubon societies and often their food habits render them thein either harmless or actually beneficial mr allen alien completed studies of crows in connecticut and the stomach contents of wintering crows were examined by experts of the biological survey ile he says such studies of course throw no no tight light upon the rood food of the crow during other seasons of the year when in addition to a varied diet some of which Is benell beneficial cial to mans interests it also takes fakes a considerable sid erable toll of the eggs and youns young of both game and son song birds its destructive tive habits which often are quite noticeable are responsible for the measures taken for its control the audubon association contends that this control shall be local in ebar char acter und and be carried out under the supervision of properly constituted authorities ties it Is 18 opposed to the payment of bounties on crows or other species of birds and combats state and nationwide nation wide crow shoots mr allen alien makes this interesting comment on crows among ill all our native birds the crow U 13 doubtless one of natures most signal successes in spite of endless and widespread persecution there has doubtless been no decrease in numbers long ago henry thoreau Th orean the quaint hermit of welden pond wrote of the crow this bird sees the white man come and the indian with draws but it withdraws not its untamed voice Is still heard above the tinkling of the forge it sees a race pass away but it passos passes not away it remains tern rem a ins to remind us of our aboriginal nature |