136 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES 



CORVIDAE. 



256. Corvus ossifragus Wilson. 

 Fish crow. 



Wils., Amer. ornith., 1812, vol. 5, p. 27, pi. 37, fig. 2. "New 

 Jersey. .. .near. .. .Philadelphia." Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 

 2, pi. 4, figs. 16, 17. 



Seaboard and near large streams; nests in trees. 



Vt. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Mass. — Rare visitor in southern part (Cambridge, Springfield, 

 Wareham). Mar. 16- July 16. 



Conn. — Rare summer resident (Bridgeport, Fairfield, near 

 New London, New Haven, Stratford). Mar. -Nov. 10. Eggs, 

 May 12-16. 



STURNIDAE. 



257. Sturnus vulgaris Linne. 

 Starling. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 167. "Europa, Africa." 

 Coues, Key to No. Amer. birds, ed. 5, 1903, vol. 1, p. 503, frontis- 

 piece. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 230, pi. 54, fig. 13. 



Open country and fields; nests in holes of buildings, trees, or 

 cliffs. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: Calais, May 4, 1889. 



Mass. — Introduced at Springfield in 1897 but all disappeared; 

 also straggler: Agawam, April, 1908; Pittsfield, Oct. 1, 1899. 



Conn. — Local resident; apparently spreading from New York 

 colony (New Haven, Dec. 3, 1900; Stamford, 1900; Norwalk, 

 1900; Weathersfield and Stonington, 1906; Bethel, 1907; New 

 London, 1907). Eggs, April. 



