The Common House Crow

The Common House-Crow

1. The Common House-Crow

Corvus splendens (Vicillot).

Size: Abont that of the Blue Rock-Pigeon ; slightly larger.
(17").

Field Characters: The grey neck and somewhat smaller
size serve to distinguish this species from the wholly black Jungle
Crow, frequently found living side by side with it, especially
an outskirts of human habitations. Sexes alike.

Distribution : A resident species everywhere in the plains of
India, Burma and Ceylon. Limited numbers have secured
a footing even in some of our higher hill-stations. Based on
slight differences, mainly in coloration, four geographical races
are recognized within our area,

Habits: The [louse-Crow is the commonest and most familiar
of Indian birds, an unfailing commensurable of man and an element
of his social system. —It is intelligence and boldness, coupled with
an infinite capacity for scenting and avoiding danger carry him
triumphantly through a life of sin and wrong-doing, Food-
getting is a sunple matter with the crow, Nothing comes amiss
to him, Le will take a dead rat or kitchen refuse, pilfer fram a
protesting fishwife's basket, or decamp with the egg on your
breakfast table. His thieving propensities, however, are in a
great measure redeemed by his efficient service as scavenger.
Although crows devour locusts, termites and other injurious
insects, particularly when these are swarming, they also raid
ripening crops such as wheat and maize and cause damage to
fruit in orehards. Their status in regard to agriculture, therefore,
is summed ap as neutral,

They have communal roosts where large numbers foregather

at sunset, often from considerable distances around, dispersing
again at daybreak to [eecL.
Nesting: The breeding season varies in different parts of the
couniry., In Western India [House-Crows nest between April
and June, in Bengal slightly earlier, while in the heavy rainfall
areas of S.A. India breeding is usually over before the onset
of the South-West Monsoon in May. The nest is an untidy
platform of twigs—also wire or haop-iron when available—with
a central cup-like depression lined with coir and other fibre. (t
is placed in the fork of a tree at any height from to feet up.
The normal clutch is of 4-5 eggs, pale blue-green, speckled and
Streaked with brown. Both sexes share in nest-building, incu-
bation and care of the young. The Koel, one of out commonest

parasitic cuckoos, habitually lays in the nest of this crow.

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