288 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



205-484-(359). Perisoreus cauadeusis (Linn.). * Canada Jay. 



Common from the middle of the Southern Peninsula northward; never seen in 

 the southern part of the state; seen on our college grounds in the winter of 1893; 

 "first seen May 17, 187G"' (Dr. H. A. Atkins); it seems strange that it should occur 

 at Locke as late as May; "never seen at Port Sanilac" (W. A. Oldfield); "common 

 north about the logging camps'" (R. H. Wolcott); A. H. Boies took a pair at Sault 

 Ste. Marie, Oct. 20, 1892; "very abundant at Iron Co.. Upper Peninsula, also in 

 the Gogebic region" (H. Nehrling); "common at Palmer about lumber camps" (O. 

 B. Warren); "a flock of eight were seen at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "com- 

 mon in some sections of the Northern Peninsula " (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); '■ com- 

 mon on Keweenaw Point in winter and a pest to the trappers as it steals the 

 poisoned bait" (Kneeland); "abundant in Grand Traverse Co." (M. L. Leach); taken 

 by J. E. Nichols in the autumn of 1881 and 1883 in Roscommon, Kalkaska and 

 Missaukee Counties; "common in Crawford Co., about lumber camps" (Dudley E. 

 W^aters); " common in spring and fall, but not in summer in Iron Co." (E. E. 

 Brewster); this bird is reported to be troublesome about lumber camps, carrying 

 off meat, etc. It doubtless breeds in the northern part of the state. 



Subfamily CORVIN^^. Crows and Ravens. 

 Genus CORVDS Linn. 



206-486-(338). C'orvus corax siuuatus (Wagl). * American Raven. 



Formerly common; not rare now north; we no longer see it about Lansing; "rare 

 but still seen at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "never seen at Port Sanilac" (W. 

 A. Oldfield); "common at Grayling, where it nests" (Prof. L. H. Colburn); "very 

 common on Keweenaw Point in the winter to the exclusion of the crow " (Knee- 

 land); this may be the subspecies, principalis Ridg. which S. E. White states is 

 common on the main land north of Mackinac Island (The Auk Vol. X, p. 230); 

 "throughout the Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "common at spring and fall 

 migrations at Palmer, Marquette Co." (O. B. Warren); "common, but very shy in 

 Iron Co., two taken in Kent Co. April 8, 1888 "' (S. E. White); " common at Iron 

 Mountain, Dickinson Co." (E. E. Brewster); "see them occasionally in Shiawassee 

 Co. flying very high" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "wholly gone from Greenville. Mont- 

 calm Co., where it was common thirty years ago'' (Prof. James Satterlee); "com- 

 mon in Monroe Co., prior to 1860, before the advent of the crow " (Jerome 

 Trombley); "rare, but I saw it some winters ago in Northern Bay and Roscommon 

 Counties" (N. A. Eddy); J. S. Tibbits wrote in 1884 that the Raven was formerly 

 common in Wayne Co., but is now being replaced by the crow; this bird seems to 

 be replaced south by the crow; feeds on carrion, acorns, etc.; Dr. Gibbs writes me 

 that he has known of its breeding in Van Buren Co., and thinks it must lay eggs 

 as early as February. Nest and eggs much as in the next species. 



207-4:88-(340). Corvns americaniis Aud * American Crow; Common Crow. 



Very common; throughout the state; gregarious; seen at all seasons of the year; 

 more rare in winter; " seen first in Monroe Co. in 18G0, now very common, but not 

 in winter (Jerome Trombley); "Grand Traverse Co." (M. L. Leach); "not rare at 

 Mackinac Island, where they are protected to do duty as scavengers " (S. E» 

 White); "common on Keweenaw Point and in the Ontonagon District" (Kneeland); 



