I38 Stone, Summer Birds of Pine Barrens of N. J. 



Auk 

 April 



of the eastern United States is a question of general interest I have given 

 the measurements of two New Jersey specimens in the collection of the 

 Philadelphia Academy as well as those of typical examples of C. c. 

 principalis and C. c. sintiatus from the same collection. On the whole 

 I think the New Jersey birds come nearer to the former race, as does 

 also a specimen from Ft. Riley, Kansas, which is included in the list 

 below. 



Corvus corax principalis. 



Depth of 

 Culmen to Bill through 

 extr. Base. Nostril. Wing. Tarsus. 



30143 McCormick Bay, Greenland. 3.08 in. 1.10 17-75 2.45 



30195 " " " 2.67 1.07 17.50 2.38 



3295 New Jersey. 2.62 1.05 17.10 2.50 



3314 " " 2.90 1.09 17.25 2.50 



2817 Ft. Riley, Kansas. 2.88 1.08 18. 10 2.52 



Corvus corax sintiatus. 



2815 California. 

 2820 

 27620 Oracle, Arizona. 



40. Corvus americanus. Crow. — Common. 



41. Corvus ossifragus. Fish Crow. — While this species occasionally 

 visits the Pine Barrens and may possibly breed on its borders it is gener- 

 ally confined to the immediate vicinity of the sea coast, nesting in the 

 isolated clumps of pines which occur here and there on sandy 'islets' in 

 the salt meadows. 



42. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — Not common. Have taken its egg 

 in one instance in the delicate nest of the Parula Warbler, but how it was 

 deposited is somewhat of a mystery, as the opening seemed entirely too 

 small to admit the intruder. 



43. Agelaius phceniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — Very common 

 along tbe Egg Harbor River and other large streams as well as on the 

 partly brackish swamps bordering the eastern side of the Pine Barrens. 



44. Sturnella magna. Meadow Lark. — Rare, and confined to the open 

 cultivated districts and to the the salt meadows to the east. 



45. Icterus spurius. 1 Orchard Oriole. — Tolerably common. 



46. Quiscalus quiscula. Purple Grackle. — Not common except in 

 the vicinity of towns. 



1 The Baltimore Oriole seems to be quite rare in this region, and I do not recollect 

 ever seeing one in summer. 



