WM. H. LOUTIT                                                           
                     S.G. FONTANNA 
GRAND HAVE., CHAIRMAN                     STATE OF MICHIGAN             
                  DVISIONS AND FINANCE 
m ...............C. A. PAOUIN 
 
ANN ARBOR 
HARRY H. WHITELEY 
DOWAGIAC 
M. J. FOX 
IRON MOUNTAIN 
PHILIP K. FLETCHER 
ALPENA 
 
EDUCATION 
H. R. SAYRE 
FIELD ADMINISTRATION 
F. A. WESTERMAN 
FISH AND FISHERIES 
MARCUS SCHAAF 
FORESTRY 
H. D. RUHL 
GAME 
 
R. A. SMITH 
JOSEPH P. RAHILLY                                                       
 ,.MGEOLOGY 
NEWBERRY                DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION                     F.P.STRU
AKER 
WM. J. PEARSON                           LANSING                        
  LANDS 
BOYNE FALLS                                                            P.
S. LOVEJOY 
LAND USE PLANNING 
P. J. HOFFMASTER, DIRECTOR            W.J. KINGSCOTT 
PARKS 
RAY E. COTTON 
SECRETARY 
W, K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, 
Augusta, Michigan. 
Aigust- 19*11936. 
Mr. Hilbert R. Siegler, 
Faville Grove Wildlife Area, 
Lakemills, Wisconsin. 
Dear Mr. Sieglers 
Dr. Pirnie has passed on to me the questionaire 
regarding the feeding habits of croww. 
I regret that I can-be of little help to you. 
In some artificial nests that I ran this spring numbers of eggs 
were eaten by crows and a few were carried off. I found pheasant 
egg shells showing the typical crow method of treatment apparent- 
ly some distance from any nest. Whether any of these were fed 
to the young I do not know. 
Regarding egg shells Stoddard says that quail 
eggs become increasingly brittle from the time they are hatched. 
He also says "On several occasions nests of the preceding year 
have been found with the shells intact, and just as left many 
months before, but they were extremely fragile and would pul- 
verize at a touch." I have observed shells in nests two or 
three weeks after hatching and perhaps just plain weathering 
may account for some of them after hatching. I have not observed 
any animal working on such nests. 
I will pay more particular attention to these 
points during the next year and if anything comes to light, 
I shall let you know. 
yours very sincerely 
Durward L. Allen