84 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



the lumber camps of northern Maine it is one of the commonest 

 and most familiar of birds, and here it is known as the Moose Bird 

 or Whiskey Jack. 



County Records. — Audrosco^giu, "rare visitaut" (Johnsou) ; Aroos- 

 took, "very common at Houltou'' (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 Vol. 7, p. 149) ; Cumberland, "rare" (Mead) ; Fraukliu, "very rare" 

 (Swain) ; Hancock, "rare" (Dorr) ; Knox, "rare migrant" (Eackliflf) ; 

 Oxford, "breeds rarely" (Xash) ; Penobscot, "common in northern part 

 of the county, quite rare in the southern part" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "common resident" (Homer); Somerset, "found near Jackmau" (Harvey 

 and Knight) ; Washington, "common resident" (Boardman) ; York, "a 

 few seen" (Adams). 



Subfamily CORVINE. Crows. 

 Genus CORVUS Linnaeus- 



201. (486a). Corvus corax principalis Ridgiv. Northern 

 Raven. 



A quite common resident along the coast and of rare occurrence 

 in the interior. On May 10, 1896, I observed a nest of this spe- 

 cies containing nearly fledged young, on an island in Penobscot 

 Bay. A colony of Black-crowned Night Herons were breeding on 

 the same island, but no eggs were found in any of the nests save 

 two. Under the nests were dozens of the eggs with "bill holes" in 

 them which clearly demonstrated the use they had been put to by 

 the Ravens. In June 1 again visited the island and found the 

 young Ravens flying about, while the Herons had been driven from 

 the place by the constant prosecutions they had been subjected to. 



County Records. — Aroostook, "rare at Houlton" (Batchelder, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 149) ; Cumberland, "very rare winter visitor" 

 (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 17) ; Franklin, "rare or accidental" 

 (Richards) ; Hancock, "resident and nests on many of the islands along 

 the coast" (Knight) ; Knox, "resident" (Racklift) ; Lincoln, "seen in 

 June, 1897" (Norton) ; Oxford, "visitant" (Xash) ; Penobscot, (Hardy) ; 

 Sagadahoc, "common, nests" (Spinney); Washington, "not common, 

 breeds" (Boardman). 



202. (488.). Corvus americanus ^i(d. American Crow. 



A common resident along the coast, a common summer resident 

 throughout the state, and of rare occurrence in winter in the inte- 

 rior. The Crow is a much maligned bird and undoubtedlj' does far 

 more o;ood than harm. The small amounts of corn and srain 



