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known, one of a specimen taken at Nushagak, Bristol bay by J. W. 

 Johnson and the other of a single specimen collected by Lieut. G. 

 M. Stoney in the valley of the Kowak river. (Gnnnell.) 



CXCVII. CYAN OCEPH ALUS Bonaparte. 1842. 



492. Pinon Jay. 



Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus (Wied.) Stejn. 1884. 



Rocky mountains, west to the Cascade range; and from British 

 America south to California. {A. 0, U. Check-list.) We have no 

 records of this bird. It will likely be found in the country about 

 Lake Okanagan, B.C. 



CXCVIIL STURNUS Linn^us. 1758. 



493. Starling. 



Sturnus vulgaris Linn. 1758. 

 A single specimen sent by Holboell to Copenhagen. {Arct. Man.) 

 Family XLIL ICTERID.^. Blackbirds, Orioles, &c. 

 CXCIX. DOLICHONYX. Swainson. 1827. 



494. Bobolink. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) Swains. 1827. 



Summer resident on Cape Breton island; but rare. (Dwight) 

 Common in summer; breeds in all the marshes in Nova Scotia. 

 (Downs.) One seen at North Sydney, Cape Breton island, May 

 24th, 1901 ; common on the meadows at Amherst, N.S. (C. R. 

 Harte.) Abundant in summer along the CornwalHs valley, N.S., 

 and locally elsewhere. (H. F. Tufts.) A common summer resi- 

 dent in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) An abundant summer 

 resident in suitable places at Scotch Lake, York co., N.B. (W. H. 

 Moore.) A common summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) An 

 abundant summer resident around Montreal. (Wintle.) 



A common summer resident at Ottawa; breeds on the Experi- 

 mental Farm. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Summer resident at 



