American Museum of Natural History. 249 



214. Otocoris alpestris. HORNED LARK. Winter visitant, 

 chiefly along the coast, where it is generally common and some- 

 times abundant. 



*215. Cyanocitta cristata. BLUE JAY. Common through - 

 the year. 



216. COITUS corax sinuatus. AMERICAN RAVEN. Very 

 rare. Very few recorded instances of its capture within the State. 

 A recent record is Williamstown, 1877 (Tenney, Am. Nat., XI, 

 243 ; Brewster, Auk, I, Jan. 1884, 10, foot-note). Frequent on 

 the islands off the coast of Maine (Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 VI, 249). It has also been recorded from Brandon, Vt. 



*217. Corvus americanus. AMERICAN CROW. Common 

 resident. 



*218. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. BOBOLINK. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident. 



*219. Molothrus ater. COWBIRD. Common summer resi- 

 dent. Has been taken in winter (Belmont, Spelman, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VIII, 1883, 121). 



[220.] Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. YELLOW-HEADED 

 BLACKBIRD. Accidental. Two instances of its capture. First 

 identified from the wings, tail, and foot of a specimen shot by 

 Mr. Frank Sawyer in Watertown, Oct. 15, 1869 (Allen, Am. Nat., 

 Ill, 1870, 636). According to Mr. N. Vickary, of Lynn, two 

 specimens were shot at Eastham, Sept. 10, 1877, by Mr. Loud, of 

 Salem, one of which was preserved (Allen, Bull. Essex Inst., X, 

 1878, 18). 



*221. Agelaius phoeniceus. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 

 Common summer resident. 



*222. Sturnella magna. MEADOW LARK. Common sum- 

 mer resident; a few sometimes remain in winter. 



*223. Icterus spurius. ORCHARD ORIOLE. Rare summer 

 resident. More common in the Connecticut Valley than elsewhere 

 in the State. 



*224. Icterus galbllla. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Abundant 

 summer resident. 



1886.] 



