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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



bill at nostrils, 13.5-15 (14); tarsus, 44.5-47 (4H); middle toe, 32.5- 

 38-5 (34). « 



Atlantic and Gulf coast districts of United States, including penin- 

 sula of Florida; north to lower Hudson Valley and shores of Long 

 Island Sound (breeding in eastern Connecticut near Rhode Island 

 border), casually to Massachusetts (Plj^mouth County, Wareham, 

 Springfield, etc.); west along the Gulf coast to Louisiana; not restricted 

 to the immediate coast, but extending back to base of Blue Ridge 

 Mountains (at least in summer), and abundant about lakes and streams 

 throughout interior of Florida. 



Corvus ossifragus Wilson, Am. Orn., v, 1812, 27, pi. 37, fig. 2. — Bonaparte, 

 Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, 1824, 360; Ann. Lye. N. Y., ii, 1828, 57; 

 Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 27.— Wagler, Sept. Av., 1827, Corvus, sp. 12. — 

 NuTTALL, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., i, 1832, 216. — Audubon, Orn. Biog., ii, 

 1834, 268; v, 1839, 479, pi. 146; Synopsis, 1839, 151; Birds Am., oct. ed., iv, 

 1842, 94, pL 226.— Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 751; ed. 1860 

 (Birds N. Am.), atlas, pi. 67, fig. 2; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 429.— 

 ScHLEGEL, Bijdr. Dierk. Amsterd., 1859, 14; Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, 1867, 

 32.— Allen, Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 85 (s. New England); Bull. Comp. 

 Zool., ii, 1871, 297 (e. Florida).— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 289 

 (near New York City). -Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 229; Birds N. W., 1874, 

 207, footnote (synonomy). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 251, pi. 37, fig. 7.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i, 1876, 

 19 (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1 spec., Mar. 16); Auk, iv, 1887, 162 (Ware- 

 ham, Massachusetts, 1 spec, July 16). — Merriam, Trans. Conn. Ac. Sci.,iv, 



1877, 49 (rare sum. visit, to Connecticut). ^Purdie, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, 

 ii, 1877, 13 (New England records); v, 1880, 240 (Long and Staten islands. 

 New York, breeding). — Mearns, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 45 (near 

 West Point, New York, 1 spec, May 7).— Eagle, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 



1878, 47 (Rockaway, Long I., July 17). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 

 1878, 47 (as to New England occurrences). — Bicknell, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 iii, 1878, 151 (Riverdale, New York, 1 pair, Feb. 24).— Zerega, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 239 (Seabright, New Jersey, Apr. 14) ; v, 1880, 205 (New- 

 Jersey, Long I., etc.; habits; measurements). — Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, V, 1880, 240 (Long I.; Staten I.).— Maynard, Birds E. N. Am., 1881, 

 159).— Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 283; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 vii, 1882, 250 (Charlottesville, Virginia, common). — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 490. — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 

 1888, 159 (s. Louisiana).— Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 319 (Punta Rassa, s. w. 

 Florida, resident) .—Fames, Auk, vi, 1889, 338 (Stratford and Fairfield, Con- 

 necticut, breeding); x, 1893, 89 (Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut, 



« Eight specimens. 



Florida specimens compare in measurements with more northern ones as follows: 



