FRINGILLID.E; ICTERID.E ;-CORVID.E. i5q 



Burroughs, however, speaks of it as common in the adjacent coun- 

 try, and gives instances of its imposition on Dcndvoeca vircns, D. 

 Pcunsyhauica, Myiodioctcs Canadensis. Virco olivaceus, and Jiuico 

 hi email s^'-' 

 Ageheus phceiiiceus (L.) Vieill. Red- winged Blackbird. 



This species was noticed from the train along the main valley, but 

 scarcely extended beyond Big Indian, doubdess from the absence of 

 suitable breeding places. "One or two" were nodced by Mr. 

 Pearsall in the lower part of the Big Indian X'alley. 



Sturuella inaa:iia (L.) Sw. Meadow Lark. 



Noticed onl\- along the railroad below Big Indian. 



Icterus galbula (L.) Coues. Baltimore Oriole. 



Excepting a single individual noticed by Mr. Pearsall. nothing was 

 seen of this" bird in the Big Indian \'alley. although it was several 

 times heard about the villages of Big Indian and Pine Hill. Here its 

 notes seemed to be less vigorous and otherwise different than those 

 of the same species near New York. 



Note. — The Crow Blackbird [Qiiiscalus picrpureus) was not ob- 

 served at any part of the region, nor has Mr. Burroughs met with it. 

 Its name appears, however, in a nominal list of birds observed in the 

 Catskills by m)- brothers ; but probably it was observed before the 

 mountainous portion of the region had been entered. 



FAMILY CORVID^: CROWS AND JAYS. 

 The close approach of the Fish Crow in summer to the Catskills has al- 

 ready been alluded to. The Canada Jay (^Perisoi-eus Canadensis Bp.) we 

 would hardly look for so far south. 



Note. — The Raven [Con'ns corax carnivoriis Ridgw.) must 

 now be nearly extirpated from the Catskill region. Mr. Bur- 

 roughs writes me that he has known of but one instance of its oc- 

 currence — at the border of Schoharie Count}'. 



Coryus frugivonis Bartr. Common Crow. 

 Cyauoeitta cristata (L.) Strickl. Blue Jay. 



The notes of both of the above species were often heard about the 

 mountains. 



Note. — An interesting account of the occurrence of the European 

 '^V^\2x\i{AlaiLda arve7isis\..) near Esopus-on-Hudson, on the con- 

 fines of the Catskill region, has been given by Mr. Burroughs.t 



*Loc. cit., pp. 62-64, 70, 124. 

 f Pepacton, pp. 150-153. 



