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six feet high. Other nests on the same islands were 

 placed in trees, from twenty to forty feet from the gi'ound. 



CORVID.E, — The Crows. 



107. Cyanura cristata, Swai^, — Blue Jay. Com- 

 mon' resident. Nests in trees. Is a general nuisance ; 

 destroys the young and eggs of small birds; visits the 

 cornfields of the farmer in autumn, and carries away great 

 quantities of corn. Gregarious throughout the year, ex- 

 cept during the breeding-season. 



108. Corvus Americanus, AuD. — Crow. Common 

 resident. Nests in trees. Appears on the sea-shore in 

 great numbers during the early winter, and continues until 

 spring, feeding upon the refuse left by the tide upon the 

 marshes. These winter visitors are said to be " Eastern 

 Crows," or crows from Maine and the British Provinces. 



TYRANNID^, — The Tyrant Flycatcher. 



109. Tyr annus Carolinensis, Baird. —King-Bird, 

 "Bee Martin." — Common summer resident. Breeds, nest- 

 ing on trees, generally in an orchard. Arrives from May 

 6th to 15th ; leaves about the middle of September. Fre- 

 quents open fields and orchards. 



110. T3nrannus Dominicensis, Rich. — Gray King- 

 Bird. An immature specimen was taken by Mr. Charles 

 Goodall, at Lynn, on October 23, 1868. The bird is 

 now in the possession of Mr. N. Vickery. It was shot upon 

 a tree near the roadside. The occurrence of this specimen 

 is a striking illustration of the straggling habits of some in- 

 dividuals among birds, its usual habitat being Florida and 

 the West Indies. 



