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which are eaten are more than paid for by the great numbers of 

 injurious insects which are devoured. Along the coast Crows may 

 be seen at low tide, feeding on the various forms of marine animals 

 which are exposed by the receding waters. I have very good evi- 

 dence that this species also visits the outer islands and feeds on the 

 eggs of the Black Guillemots and Terns. I have seen them leave 

 islands where these birds nested, and on landing found fresh frag- 

 ments of partly devoured eggs with "bill holes" in them. It is a 

 mystery how they manage to get the eggs of the Guillemots, 

 as they are always deposited far under piles of rocks, and the 

 ingenuity of a collector is taxed to find them. On the whole I 

 believe the Crow is rather more beneficial than injurious to the 

 farmer. 



Couuty Record. Androscoggin, "abundant .summer resident" (John- 

 sou) ; Aroostook, "common at Fort Fail-field" (Batchelder, Bull. Xutt. 

 Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 149); Cumberland, "common resident'' (Mead); 

 Franklin, "common resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "common resident" 

 (Knight) ; Kennebec, "quite common summer resident, rarely resident" 

 (.(Janliner Branch); Knox, "resident" (Rackliff) ; Lincoln, "common" 

 (Norton); Oxford, "common, breeds" (Xash) ; IN-nobscot, "abundant 

 summer resident, rare in winter" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "summer resi- 

 dent" (Homer): Sagadahoc, "common" (Spinney); Somerset, "common 

 summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, "common resident along the coast, 

 probably common summer resident in interior" (Knight) ; Washington, 

 "common resident" (Boardman) ; York, "common" (Adams). 



Family STURNID^E. Starlings. 

 Genus STURNUS Linnaeus. 



203. (493). Sturnus vulgaris Linn. Starling. 



Mr. George A. Boardman informs me that it is accidental at 

 Calais, a specimen having been shot by a Mr. Nichols, on May 4, 

 1889. 



Family ICTERID^E. Blackbirds, Orioles, etc. 

 Genus DOLICHONYX Swainson. 



204. (494). Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). Bobolink. 



A common summer resident wherever there are grassy meadows 

 and fields throughout the state. The male is well known by 

 his wild, happy, rollicking song. The dull-colored female is 

 less apt to be noticed, and fewer people are acquainted with 



