26 THE BIRDS OF SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 



building that must have been captured here twenty years ago. 

 A flock of twenty-five or more spent the winter of 1896-7 in 

 L,ongmeadow. 



477. Cyanocitta cristata (I/inn.). BLUE JAY. Com- 

 mon resident ; more numerous in the spring and autumn. 



486. a Corvus corax principalis Ridgw. NORTH- 

 ERN RAVEN. Accidental visitor. Dr. J. A. Allen records the 

 capture of one here in 1859, and Mr. E. O. Damon has taken 

 one at Northampton. 



488. Corvus americanus Aud. AMERICAN CROW. 

 Abundant resident. 



490. Corvus ossifragus Wils. FISH CROW. Rare 

 summer visitor. On June 9, 1896, while a number of men 

 were at a shooting match in the suburbs of Springfield, a 

 fish crow flying over the party was shot and captured. This 

 specimen is in the possession of Mr. William Brewster of Cam- 

 bridge. I think I have seen and heard the fish crow here on 

 one or two occasions, but except in the instance above men- 

 tioned, I know of no positive evidence of its occurrence here. 



494. Dolichonyx orysivorus (I/inn.). BOBOLINK. 

 Abundant summer resident. 



495. Molothrus ater (Bodd.). COWBIRD. Rather 

 common summer resident. 



498. Agelaius Phoeniceus (I/inn.). RED- WINGED 

 BLACKBIRD. Abundant summer resident. In 1896-7, a 

 small flock wintered in a clump of willows close to the Con- 

 necticut river in L,ongmeadow ; in January one or two were 

 shot and killed, but the rest remained until March. 



501. Sturnella magna (I/inn.). MEADOWLARK. 

 Common summer and rather rare winter resident. 



