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ella obscura, Verrill, but I believe it to be simply a stage of 
plumage of Passerella tliaca. 
Breeds. 
38. SCOLECOPHAGUS FERRUGINEUS, (Gm.) Sw. 
(Rusty GRACKLE ) 
Abundant. On August 15 I observed large flocks of 
them, apparently preparing to leave for the South. 
Breeds. 
39: CORVUS CORAX, ZL: 
(RAVEN.) 
An abundant species. They were shy, but hardly more 
so than the Crow is in Massachusetts. The first specimen 
was taken July 27, and another August 3. Hardly a day 
passed that I did not see two or three of them, either 
perched upon the cliffs or flying high up in the air, utter- 
ing their dismal croaks. 
A pair bred this spring in an almost inaccessible spot, high 
upon the cliffs of Cap au Meule, and anothcr near Hospital 
Island. 
