He snatches it rudely, with a short hoarse caw, puts one black foot on it, and begins to peck.

The crow gave a low, hoarse caw and took off from its branch, ascending rapidly into the dun-colored sky in a flurry of flapping wings.

"You can't tell me what I can-aaaah! "Jerd'sdefiant words died away in a hoarse caw.