32 BIRDS OF NELSON COUNTY. 



Family CORVID^ : Crows and Jays. 

 Genus Corvus. 



105. *Cor7us americanus ( Aud.). Crow. 



An abundant permanent resident. Here, as everywhere 

 else, a pariah amongst birds, but the brainiest of them 

 all. He has no friends, and apparently doesn' t want any, 

 for he increases and multiplies in the face of the most 

 unrelenting persecution. He knows the range of every 

 gun in his Imiliwick, and in him the honest farmer's 

 unsightly "scare- crow" excites no emotions, save those of 

 derision and contempt. 



Grenus Cyanocitta. 



106. *Cjranocitta cristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. 



A permanent resident ; very abundant in the fall. Nests 

 generally placed in tall trees near dwellings. A noisy, 

 quari'elsome, and nest-robbing pirate. The popular belief 

 that he is in league with the devil and visits his sulphur- 

 ous majesty every Friday, to report to him and consult 

 upon mundane affairs, is amply supported by his wicked 

 disposition and general "cussedness." 



Family ALAUDIDiE : Larks. 



Genus Otocoris. 



107. Otocoris alpestris praticola E.E,^siiAW. Prairie Lark. 



A common winter resident ; appearing in irregular flocks 

 about the tirst week of November. 



Suborder CLAMATORES : Songless Perchers. 



Family TYRANNID-ffi. 



Genus Tyrannus. 



108. * Tyrannus tjrrannus (Linn.). King Bird. "Bee Martin." 

 An abundant summer resident ; arrives about April 20th. 



