Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1895 — More About the Shameless Crow. [ARTICLE]

More About the Shameless Crow.

The crows that live near the soldiers’ barracks in India are all sly thieves,, but the men like the rogues too well to kill them, and so they decorate them instead. The birds, despite their skill, are caught by being invited into a room. A piece of wire Is next passed between the two holes in the upper beak, and a little bell, button, or round bit of metal is fastened—each batch of soldiers having its own badge—to

it, the crow Is then set free unharmed. Very soon nearly every crow wear* its distinctive mark, from which It Is easy to tell to what troop or company It belongs. Unhappily; instead of feeling their ornaments are symbols of shame, they are all proud of them, of the bells especially; and one can easily believe that It is funny to see a row of these black rogues perched on a roof, shaking their heads and tinkling their bells.