42 A List of the Birds of Meriden, Conn. 



Genus SAYORNIS Bonaparte. 



57. Sayornis phoebe (Lath.). 



PhcEbe. 



Common summer resident. 



Genus CONTOPUS Cabanis. 



58. Contopus virens (Linn.). 



Wood Pewee. (Wood Phoebe.) 

 Common summer resident. 



Genus EMPIDONAX Cabanis. 



59. Empidonax minimus Baird. 



Least Flycatcher. 

 ♦ Summer resident. 



Suborder OSCINES. Songbirds. 



Family CORVID^. Crows, Jays, Magpies, Etc. 



Subfamily GARRULINiE. Magpies and Jays. 



Genus CYANOCITTA Strickland. 



60. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). 



Blue Jay. 

 Not uncommon resident. More common in fall and spring, 



Subfamily CORVIN.^. Crows. 

 Genus CORVUS Linnaeus. 



61. Corvus americanus Aud. 

 American Crow. 



Resident — quite common. 



Family ICTERID.^. Blackbirds, Orioles, Etc. 

 Genus DOLICHONYX Swainson. 



62. DoHchonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). 



Bobolink. 

 Common summer resident. 



Genus MOLOTHRUS Swainson. 



