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of the Canadian avian fauna, as Brewster has shown, the form 

 from this region would be that of the Northern Raven. In the 

 absence of positive testimony on this point I place this sub- 

 species in the list provisionally. 



142. ( — ). C. corax prlncvpalis Ridgw. Northern Raven. 

 One specimen taken by Clark and Morgan, of New Bern, and 

 now in their possession, I have determined as belonging to this 

 subspecies. I saw the specimen and took the following meas- 

 urements: Length 26.50, wing 16.75, tail 10.25, tarsus 2.85, 

 culmen 3.19, depth of bill at nostril 1.12. The Raven is 

 reported from the coast region by Brimley, but no measurements 

 given. It may be quite possible that both subspecies, and inter- 

 grade forms, w^ould occur, situated, as the State is, somewhat 

 between the Canadian and Mexican faunae. 



143.(488). C. americanus Au(\. American Crow. Resident, 

 generally distributed, common. (Univ. Coll.). 



144. (490). C. ossifragus Wils. Fish Crow. New Bern 

 (Clark and Morgan). 



Family ICTERIDJE. Blackbirds, Orioles, Etc. 

 Genus DoLiCHONYX Swainson. 



145. (494). D. oryzivorus (Linn.). Bobolink. Transient vis- 

 itor, rare in the mountain region, more common eastward. 

 (Coll. of 1877). Called also " Reedbird,'' " Ricebird.'' 



Genus MoLOTHRUS Swainson. 



146. (495). 31. ater (Bodd.). Cowbird. Common transient. 



Genus Agelaius Yieillot. 



*147. (498). A. ijhoeniceus {\J\nu.). Red-winged Blackbird. 

 Resident throughout the State, common, rarer in mountain 

 region, except as a transient, and confined to the lower valleys. 

 (Priv. Coll.). 



Genus Sturnella Vieillot. 



*I48. (501). S. magna (Linn.). Meadowlark. Common in 

 winter throughout the State; rare in summer in mountain region. 

 Said to breed sparingly in Macon county {vide Brewster). 

 (Univ. Coll.). 



