LIST OF vert?:brates. 7^ 



Order XXIII. PASSERES. The Passerine Birds. 



Family 42. TYRA.NNID-ffil. The Flycatchers. 



Tyrannus, Cuvier. 



T. tyrannus (L.). King Bird. Bee Martin. Common summer resident. 



Myiarchus, Cabanis. 



M. crinitus (L.). Great Crested Flycatcher. Not rare summer resident. 



SayorniS, Bonaparte. 



S. Phoebe (Latham). Pewee. Phoebe. Abundant summer resident. 



Contopus, Cabanis. 



C. borealis (Swainson). Olive-sided Flycatcher. Rather rare summer res- 

 ident. 

 C. virens (L.). Wood Pewee. Common summer resident. 



Empidonax, Cabanis. 



E. flaviventris, Baird. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Not common summer 

 resident. 



E. Acadiacus (Gmelin). Small Green-crested Flycatcher. Not rare sum- 

 mer resident. 



E. pusillus (Swainson), var. Trailli, Audubon. Traill's Flycatcher. Not 

 common summer resident. 



E. minimus, Baird. Least Flycatcher. Very common summer resident. 



Family 43. ALAUDIDJE. The Larks. 



OtOCOris, Bonaparte. 



O. alpestris (Forster). Shore Lark. Horned Lark. Not rare migrant. 

 G. D. Hull. 



Family 44. CORVID-SI. The Crows and Jays. 



CyanOCitta, Strickland. 



C. cristata (L.). Blue Jay. Common resident. 



Perisoreus, Bonaparte. 



P. Canadensis (L.). Canada Jay. Gray Jay. Whiskey Jack. Occasional 

 visitor ; possible resident. Storrs. 



Corvus, Linnaeus. 



C. Americanus, Audubon. Crow^ Very common resident. 



Family 45. ICTERID.ffi. The American " Orioles" and " Black- 

 birds. " 

 Dolichonyx, Swainson. 



D. oryzivorus (L.). Bobolink. Reed Bird. Rice Bird. Very common 

 summer resident. 



Molothrus, Swainson. 



M. ater (Boddaert). Cow Blackbird. Cowbird. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



