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*QuiscAi,tjs Versicolor, Vieill. Common Crow Blackbird. 

 Coinmon. 



CORVID.^, (5 species.) 



*Cyanocorax Cristatus, Linn. Blue Jay. 

 Common through the year. 



OzANCcoRAX Canadensis, Linn. Canada Jay. 



Occasionallj, during severe winters, visit the A^icioity of Racine. 



Pica IHelanoleuca, Aud. Magpie. 



'Occasionally a straggler visits lis. Two were shot in Caledonia, ten miles from 

 Rax-iue. December, 1848. A genlleman of this city obtained one at Bailies Harbor, 

 on Laiie Michigan, November 15,* 1849. 



*CoR\'us Americands, Aud. Common Crow. 



A singular fact in relation to the Crow is, that it never takes up its quarters with- 

 in fifteen or twenty miles of Lake Michigan, within this State. At Racine it may 

 b(! considered one of the rarest birds. 



*CoRrus CoRAx, Linn. Raven. 



More numerous than the preceding. Remain through the winter, 

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TPtOCHILDyE, (1 species.) 



*Trochiltts Colxjbris, Linn. Hnmminof Bird. 

 Common. 



PICID^E, (9 species.) 



*Picus PiLEATus, Linn. Crested Woodpecker. 

 Common in heavy timber districts. 



Dendrocopds Canadensis, Grael. 



Occasionally met with during winter— rare. 



*Dendrocopus Villosus, Linn. 

 Abundant through the j-ear. 



*Dendrocopus Pubescens, Linn. Downey Woodpecker. 

 Common — remain during winter. 



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*Dendrocopus Varius, Linn. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 



Common. Leave us 1st of November, arrive 15th April. This Woodpecker visits 

 the orchards during September and October, to feed upon the inner bark of the 

 peach and cherry, girdling the stems so effectually as not unfrequently to kill the 

 trees. I have watched them while thus engaged in my own garden, and have care- 

 lully examined, under a microscope, the contents of the stomachs of numerous- 

 specimens. 



