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ella obscura, Verrill, but I believe it to be simply a stage of 

 plumage of Passerella iliac a. 

 Breeds. 



38. SCOLECOPHAGUS FERRUGINEUS, (Gm.} Sw. 



(RUSTY CRACKLE) 



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Abundant. On August 15 I observed large flocks of 

 them, apparently preparing to leave for the South. 

 Breeds. 



39. CORVUS COR AX, L. 

 (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 another near Hospital 

 Island. 



