The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-30
THE CROWS OF LYDIA
THEY ARE THE ARCH VILLAINS OF
THE BIRD WORLD
Two species of the Fcatberea vags-
bonds Exirt side by side nnd riy
Their Tricks Of Iniauity In Conn
mon-iarceny For the Love OF ~.

bonds Exist side by side nnd riy
| Their Tricks Of inlauity In Conn
mon-i.arceBy For the Love of ~.
II ls 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-Indlnn. India with.
out lts crows IL unthlnknblc; II could
only be likcned 10 London without its
fogs. Wherever human beings have
their nbodes there are muliltudcs of
corvIdne TO be found. for the Indian
crow IL an Inseparablc nppcndnge of
town and village Two species exist
side by side In India. the great black
bird known TO Anglo-Indlnns M the
corby and the smaller gray ncclcd spc-
cies. Both birds lead lives of nlmlcss
vngnbondngc; both are scOundrcls of
the most pronounced type; both nrc
sinners beyond redemption Did the
black crow exist nlOnc II would he
held up M the emblem of all that is
evil nnd mlschlcvous. AS things are, It's
inluultles pale into inslgnllicancc be-
|
The very name of the latter bird IN
sufficient 10 raise the Ire of the right
eous man. TO call the arch villain of
the bird world "the splendid" IN mere
mockcry of words. Jcrdon, the famous
Indian naturalist. "oftcn regrets TINT
such nm Inappropriate specific name
should have been applied To this spe-
cies, for II tends TO bring into ridicuc
among the unscicntlllc the system of
nomenclature"
| The Indian crow II nb'c 10 utilize
most things. A Calcutta bird Inns
made itself famous for all time by
constructing n nest Of the wires used
60 secure the corks of soda water bot
ties. bombay IL very Jealous of Cal
cutta, and the crows, of course ape
their bctters. The Bombay birds de-
termlned not TO be outdone by the
| Calcutta corvldne. Accordingly one OF
the former promptly built her nest Of
gold and sllven spectacle frames stol-
on from Mcssrs. Lawrence Il Mayo's
factory. The value OF the materials
used IN the construction Of this nest
was estimated Mt f20. But crows will
appropriate, things for which they can
have no possible use They commit
h'ven' ior we ,oNo VI 'nc ,n'ns. i"c
Indian crow In the lncarnate spirit OF
mischief. The bird will wantonly tear
leaf out of II book lying open on
the table. My gardener, adds Mr. De
war, puts every morning fresh flowers
III 'nc N"ses' in's opernt'on j" pcr-
ior'heu on 'ne 'ernhua' ohe n"y 'he
ni"" ""S '""'u """S ''o'i h'S "o'N
ior 'o"pic vi iii'u'.S' p"ri's MS
"pSc"e' wv" S"oop'u uoN" anu SUI
eeeuoo u, '"hn,s p'"hi"' VI noWcrS
"nu p''"N'nb 'he ,"'c !" "n'e" 'nc9
were pnaoe"' re,,lcu eo'ono' v, my
"'qu"'''''"'' ""o ,'N's VI 'n' ii''ho'
"Sus IN very e",nuSi"S''c Ehrucnc''
nnu 'he cIoWs "re 're p"Ie Vi ms me
i"'s ioo' UP MS 'io'''S' sceu'i"Ss'
seNcr 'ue n'"us vi ,,l' nioS, SUPERB
hoWers from 'he sunk anu hy AWAY
WIN 'hc h'''e p'cV's vi p"pe. WHICH
ne p'n'es W c''i' s'''NS W i'"'N "here
oeeu navy "ocn So"h'
| pu. II IN III 'o"is INA. 'he iiiquiS
ol 'he CROWS rc"c.cS i's maximum.
me M"ur"s corVluae are pyworu
th'ous"ou' 'nc 'cnS." ",u preau'n Vi
inui'' me nosp''"i ~ 'he'r inNori'e
pi"!srouhu' in's ure ncNcr ~ nnppy
us "hen annoying Tue ih'''"'cs' ihey
KNOW III oi,ee wien persoh ~ 700 III
W iioNe' ine consequence 10 'ha' ~
mas oceii iounu ,eceSs"r5 W nave ninuc
ior aii 'he t"pies wire coIcrs Which
| protect u'ticles pi"ccu NJ INC peusiuc
from .he ra'ases oi 'he 'rep'e ua'eu
oiIus, n"Ne seen M"uras erow
auie'iy ne'pins ,'se'i " ,'ie con'e'''s Vi
pashe' Wn'ci' an oiu woman was
eoifs'ns vi nor ne"u' in' piiu "aS
Possesse. VI Sun,e'ent 'n'e,isence "
reil"in rom "nsn''hs oh tie p"SNe''
iiuu !. "one 80 i'S presence Wouiu prop,
upiS naNe peen ue'eoleu' II h"ppeu
hions just "oo'e 'no 'op vi tnc p"sNe''