The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-25
THE CROWS OF INDIA
THEY ARE THE ARCH VILLAINS OF
THE BIRD WORLD.

Their Tricks of Iniquity In Conn
mOn-Larceny For the Love of 1t.
1t is quite impossible for any one
who has not sojourned in the Land
of Regrets" to appreciate the impor-
tant part played by crows in the daily
life of the Anglo-Indian. India with
out its crows Is unthinkable; it could
only be likened to London without its
fogs. Wherever human beings have
their abodes there are multitudes of
corvidae to be found, for the Indian
crow is an inseparable appendage Of
town and village. Two species exist
side by side In India, the great black
bird known to Anglo-Indians as the
corby and the smaller gray necked spe-
cies Both birds lead lives of aimless
vagabOndage; both are scoundrels of
the most pronounced type; both are
sinners beyond redemption Did the
black crow exist alone it would be
held up as the emblem Of all that is
evil and mischievous. AS things are, its
iniQutties pale into inSignifcance be-
side those of its gray necked cousin.
The very name OF the latter bird Is
sufficient to raise the ire of the right
eous man. To call the arch villain of
the bird world the splendid" is mere
mOckery of words. Jerdon, the famous
Indian naturalist, often regrets that
such an inappropriate specific name
should have been applied to this spe-
cies, for 1t tends to bring into ridicule
among the unscientific the system of
nomenclature"
The Indian crow is able to utilize
most things. A Calcutta bird has
made itself famous for all time by
constructing a nest of the wires used
to secure the corks Of soda water bot
ties. Bombay is very jealous Of Cal
cutta, and the crows, of course, ape
their betters. The Bombay birds de-
termined not to be outdone by the
Calcutta corvidae. Accordingly one Of
the former promptly built her nest Of
gold and silven spectacle frames stol-
en- from Messrs. Lawrence & Mayos
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