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The Magpie has become rare of late years in its habitat in the 
northwest, but an occasional straggler may still find its way down 
the Missouri Valley during severe winters. 
CYANOCITTA CRISTATA CRISTATA (Linn.). Blue Jay. 
Very common summer resident; not uncommon winter resident. 
Flocks of migrating Jays move through this district on their 
northward flight from the 15th of April to the 5th of May and 
on the southward journey during the first half of October. A 
route much used by these migrants is along the Missouri bluffs 
and lowlands. 
During some winters Jays are to be found in numbers, even 
in the city, but during others are very scarce. During the rather 
severe winter of 1916-1917, few Jays were to be found anywhere 
but in Sowpe Park. 
Jays nest early in May and more than one brood is raised. 
Subfamily Corvinae. Crows. 
CorVUS CORAX SINUATUS Wagler. Raven. 
Former resident. 
In the late seventies the Raven nested in the rocky bluffs over- 
looking the Missouri River in this county. It was formerly com- 
mon, but has become extinct in this part of the country. A few 
are still said to breed in this state in the Ozarks. 
CoRVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS BRACHYRHYNCHOS Brehm. Crow. 
Common resident and abundant migrant. 
Crows are to be found everywhere in the county, but. are most 
abundant in the Missouri Valley, where they occur in the great- 
est numbers in winter. There is always a large winter roost 
somewhere in the vicinity of the Big Eddy or the mouth of Sugar 
Creek or the Blue River, usually on the Clay County side. Great 
numbers nest in April in the bottom timber as well as in Swope 
Park and other heavily wooded places over the entire county. 
NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA (Wilson). Clarke’s Nuteracker. 
Accidental visitant. 
On October 28, 1894, a specimen of this bird was taken near 
the city by Bryant. The bird was far off its range and is to be 
