The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-12-10
THE CROWS OF INDIA
they ARE THE ARCH VILLAINS OF
The sIRo WoRLp

Tw0 Species 81 tie Fentherea bntkR-
bonds Exist side b. side and Ply
Their TrieEs Of IRiquity In Com
moa-Laresny For the Love OF It.
1t Is quite impossible FOR any Ohe-
WHO has not sojourned in the Land
II Regrets" to appreciate the inlpoT-
,ant part played By crows IN the daily
lie OF the AusIo-Indian. India with
out It's crows Is unthinkable; it could
only be IIkened to London without us
foes. Wherever human beings have
their abodes there are multitudes OF
eorvidae 10 Dc found. for the Indian
crow i as lnseparablc appendage Of
owu and yillage Two species exist
dde BY side II india. the great black
rblrd known 10 AiYsIo-Indians as The
corby ana the smaller gray hecSei spe-
cts. Roth birds lead lives q aimless
yagaboadase: both are scouMdreis u
ire most pronounced type; both are
sinners beyond redemption, Did the
black crow exist alone It would be
held up as tie emblem Of all that is
evil and mfsehieyous. AS things ore. its
nIdui1ies palc into inSigHiheance be
side those Of its gray necied eousiiis
The very name Of the latter bird IS
sufficient 10 raise the ire Of the right
eous Iaan. To call the arch villain Of
he bird world the splendid is mere
bocJ,s,.y OF words. .Ierdon the famous
indian naturalist, often regrets that
such M inappropriate specific name
should have been applied 70 this spe-
cles, for il tends TO bring into ridieule
among the unscientific the system OF
nomenclature
Tie Indian crow IS able to utilize
most things. Calcutta bird has
made itself famous for all time by
constructing 4 nest Of the wires used
to-secrre the corks Of soda water bot
ties. Bombay is very jealous Of Cal.
rutta. and tile crows, OF course. ape
tnelr betters. The Bombay birds de
hrmincd not 10 be outdone by the
ralcu,fa coryidae. Accordingly one OF
me former promptly built her nest OF
gold and silyen spectacle frames stoi-
en- from Stessrs. Lawreace X Mayo's
factory. The value Of tie materials
nsed In the construction Of this nest
was estimated at E29. But crows viii
appropriate tbin-s for which they can
have ~ pass.lte usc. They commit
larceny Tor the 1--we Of tIc thing. The
indian rrow Is tLe inc:rtate spirit Of
mischief. TEe bird win wanton!y tear
leaf .,ut u BOOK lying open on
the table. Wy gardener. AIDES Mr., re.
war. puiS every n aruins fresh flowers
IA the vase Ills operation is per-
formed on Tie yeranda one day the
man was called away from his work
for i couple Of minutes. During his
absence a CROW swooped. down and sue.
.eeded IN taking 4 teakful Of flowers
and breaking tic vase u which they
we're placed. 4 retired colonel Of my
ACQUAINTANCE WHO lives IN the Hina-
layas is ! very enthusiastic gardener
and thc crows are the bane Of his life.
they root Up. his choicest seedlings,
Il Nj ,roSt .yinpl.h
sever tlle he''"s u = ~, ~ ~. q, W..
lowers from uie SUM ~" -, = ~,
win uie ilt'le l'ee .,. :. P now. ,,.hara
ne places ~ clr't sele'>s ~ ''a'
seed have liseu sow, j. ,,,;.,,,;.,.
But i = " owns ~. ~ -. -,.,,,,,,;
o. the crows 'e''eii'S - @''' S..'ro,.J
me Malf'1s Sor'l'1.,e ~ i..' "a ~
throughout me ienslh aili D,e 49,, -
Ihdia me GosPitai = ~" : ,a,.,,,.
playground. li'eS are never 70 u .r.,