Crow

the crow family. They are very omnivorous, and remarkable for | their -intelligence. The family, widely diffused over the world, includes the common crow, and the Raven, the Fish-Crow, the Rook, the Jay, and the Magpie. The common crow of North America is remarkable for its gregarious and predatory habits. They pair in March; the old repair their nests, the young frame new ones; but they are such thieves, that while the one is fetching materials, the, other must keep watch to prevent the rising fabric from being plundered by their neighbors. As soon as the nest is finished and the eggs produced (five, bluish green, with dark blotches), the male takes upon himself the care of providing for his mate, which he continues during the whole period of incubation. They frequent the same rookeries for years, but allow no intruders into their community. They feed chiefly on worms and the larve of insects; they also eat grain and seeds, whence they have sometimes been supposed injurious to the farmer; but they amply repay him for what they take by destroying the vermin in his fields.. Crow-blackhbird, the name of certain American birds found in the Southern.