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CKOWS. 



1*. FLOKIDA CROW, C. a. pascuus. Smaller than 1 

 with the bill and feet proportionately larger. Florida. 



Fig. 258. 2. FISH CROW, C. ossifragus. 



16.00; feet long and slender. Atlan- 

 tic and Gulf Coasts from Conn, to 

 La. ; casual as far north as Mass. 

 Notes, "//a ha'''' and some guttural 

 cries. Flight, rather more rapid than 

 1 with quicker wing-beats. Highly 

 gregarious. 



3. NORTHERN RAVEN, C. 



PEiNCiPALis. 24.00 ; feathers of neck 



lance-shaped, fig. 260. Northern N. 



A. south to the Carolinasinthemore 



CC, B*b, 1. 1-3. unsettled and mountainous districts. 



Note, a harsh croak; flight, heavy, sails much. Nests, often 



on cliffs. 



D. STARLI:N^GS. Sturnldae. 



Fig. 259. 



Medium sized birds 

 with long wings, short 

 tails, and large feet. 



a. Sturnus. 

 Starlings. 



Characters as above. 



1. STARLING, S. 

 VULGARIS. 8.00; glossy 

 black streaked and spot- 

 ted with white and buff, 

 fig. 261. Europe; acci- 

 dental in Greenland ; in- 

 troduced about N. Y. city. CC, C, a, 1. 1-10. 

 E. ORIOLES. Icteridae. 



Birds of varying sizes but with the bill more or less 

 pointed and with the lower mandible swollen at base. Eggs, 

 usually bluish, lined with black. 



