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Cyanocitta cristata cristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. 



A few were seen about the wild cherry-trees along the road just 

 south of the station. 



Corvus hrachyrhynchos hrachyrhynchos Brehm. American Crow. 



Often seen flying over the station and in the adjacent corn fields. 

 A few were noted on the railroad track at the station in July, 191 1. 



Agelaius phocniceus phcrniceus (Linn.). Red-winged Blackbird. 



The most often seen bird at the station and the only one actually 

 found nesting there. On May 18, 19 13, a nest with three eggs was 

 found about two feet above the marshy ground of substation d, in 

 some rushes (Scirpus robustus) to which the nest was attached (PI, 

 LXrX, Fig. 2). Seven red-winged blackbirds' nests were located by 

 the writer on May 21, 19 14, in the thick willows of the willow zone 

 of the small swamp east of the station (PI. LXX, Fig. i). They 

 were placed five to eight feet up in the willows, and five that were 

 examined internally contained eggs, one to four in number. 



Quiscaliis quiscula cuneus Ridgw. Bronzed Grackle or Crow Black- 

 bird. 

 Abundant; often in large flocks about the corn fields in the region 

 around the station in late summer and early fall. A number were 

 seen feeding on the ground at the station April 23, 191 1, and July 

 31, 1912. On May 21, 1914, a dozen or more of these blackbirds 

 were seen following a harrow in the field east of the station — un- 

 doubtedly after grubworms that were being turned up here in large 

 numbers ; the writer, in fact, saw a bird pick one up. 



Sturnella magna magna (Linn.). Meadowlark. 



Not common at the station or in its immediate vicinity, though a 

 few were seen resting on the wires. Meadowlarks are most common 

 in the Charleston region in grassy meadows, and comparatively few 

 are seen about cultivated fields like those in the neighborhood of Sta- 

 tion L They seem to avoid railway rights-of-way. The writer, 

 however, found a nest of the species with four eggs within a dozen 

 feet of the Clover Leaf track on a grassy part of the right-of-way, 

 some ten miles north of Charleston, on May i, 1914. 



Passer domesticus domesticus (Linn.). English Sparrow. 



Common at the south end of Station I, about the fences, trees, 

 shrubs, and overhead wires. 



Astragalinns tristis tristis (Linn.). Goldfinch. 



Common at the station and its vicinity in the fall when weed 

 seeds were common ; they were not seen here at other seasons. 



