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1917. Observed every year (Robt. H. Southard, Stephen D. 

 Inslee, Henry F. Merriam, P. B. Philipp and others). I am parti- 

 cularly indebted to Mr. Southard for furnishing full details on 

 this interesting fact, previously unrecorded. Very rare winter 

 visitant elsewhere. Reported at Summit (L. K. Holmes) . Mr. Miller 

 has collected one specimen near Plainfield in winter, and identified 

 this subspecies positively on one other occasion. Mr. Urner 

 regards as probably this subspecies birds seen on January 25 and 

 February 23, 1920. He has also noted a Lark on the abnormal date 

 of September 25, 1921. No other records for our area. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. The Horned Larks reported above 



on March 12, 1916 by Mrs. Bowdish were identified by her as 



this subspecies. 



BLUE JAY (Cyanocitta cristata) 



A common and well known permanent resident in all 



wooded sections, absent only on the outer beaches, Gardiner's 



Island and Orient, in all of which localities, however, it occurs 



as a transient. The Blue Jay is highly migratory, and the 



woods are full of them from late September through October, 



and again from late April to the middle of May. The spring 



migration is later than would be expected in so hardy a bird. 



LONG BEACH. Casual on migration; May 11, 1916 



(Janvrin); May 17, 1917 (Bicknell). 



CENTRAL PARK. Uncommon but regular transient, occa- 

 sionally abundant; especially in fall; occurring chiefly in 

 May and early October; May 2, 1913 (Griscom) to June 6, 

 1917 (Hix); August 31, 1914 (Hix) to November 16, 1907 

 (Griscom); rarely seen after May 15 or before September 25. 



NORTHERN RAVEN (Corvus corax principalis) 

 The Raven is a permanent resident in the wildest sections 

 only, and disappears as civilization advances. Eighty years 

 ago Giraud called it occasional on Long Island, and it was 

 reported as formerly common on the northern coast of New 

 Jersey. On the coast of southern New Jersey it survived 

 much later. Its larger size is not a satisfactory identification 

 character, unless there is direct comparison with the Crow. 



