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Its sailing and soaring is, however, often diagnostic, the tail is 

 wedge-shaped and the feathers of the throat are lengthened, 

 lanceolate and often project slightly, giving a puffy appear- 

 ance. Above all the note is a loud, hoarse c-r-r-ruck, totally 

 different from the caw of the Crow. 



Long Island. The last specimens shot in 1836 and 1848. 

 New Jersey. One shot near Morristown about 1881. The 

 Raven was subsequently believed to be extinct in our area, and it 

 was a great surprise when Mr. Justus von Lengerke saw two birds 

 on September 21, 1918 near Culver's Gap in Sussex County, 

 secured one, and probably wounded the other. (See Miller, Auk, 

 1919, p. 293.) It is possible that these birds were a resident pair 

 rather than that they were stragglers from the Adirondacks or 

 Maine. There is still much wild country unexplored in north- 

 western New Jersey, and there is a remote possibility that a pair or 

 two may still survive. 



CROW (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 



This common and well-known bird is a permanent resident 

 throughout the region, and visits even the outer beaches of 

 Long Island throughout the year. It is noticeably migratory 

 in late fall and early spring. In winter it increases near the 

 coast, but decreases in northern New Jersey. 



CENTRAL PARK. Formerly a permanent resident; not 

 noticed in winter since 1901; now an uncommon visitant, its 

 dates of occurrence by no means coinciding with its regular 

 migration. Spring dates are from March 8, 1904 (Hix) to 

 May 9, 1919 (Griscom), most frequently recorded in the latter 

 half of April. Young Crows regularly wander into the Park in 

 late July and August, but the species cannot be determined 

 satisfactorily. There are relatively few fall records; September 

 26, 1914 (Hix) to November 10, 1912 (Griscom). 



FISH CROW (Corvus ossifragus) 



The Fish Crow is associated in the minds of many 

 people with the seacoast, but this is true only in that it does 

 not occur very far inland except in river valleys. In our 

 territory it is quite erratic in its status, resident in some 



