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six feet high. Other nests on the same islands were 

 placed in trees, from twenty to forty feet from the ground. 



CORVID.E, THE CROWS. 



107. Cyanura cristata, SWAIN. Blue Jay. Com- 

 mon resident. Nests in trees. Is a general nuisance ; 

 destroys the young and eggs of small birds; visits the 

 cornfields of the farmer in autumn, and carries away great 

 quantities of corn. Gregarious throughout the year, ex- 

 cept during the breeding-season. 



108. Corvus Americanus, AUD. Crow. Common 

 resident. Nests in trees. Appears on the sea-shore in 

 great numbers during the early winter, and continues until 

 spring, feeding upon the refuse left by the tide upon the 

 marshes. These winter visitors are said to be "Eastern 

 Crows," or crows from Maine and the British Provinces. 



TYRANNID^E, THE TYRANT FLYCATCHER. 



109. Tyrannus Carolinensis, BAIRD. King-Bird, 

 " Bee Martin." Common summer resident. Breeds, nest- 

 ing on trees, generally in an orchard. Arrives from May 

 6th to 15th; leaves about the middle of September. Fre- 

 quents open fields and orchards. 



110. Tyrannus Dominicensis, RICH. Gray King- 

 Bird. An immature specimen was taken by Mr. Charles 

 Goodall, at Lynn, on October 23, 1868. The bird is 

 now in the possession of Mr. N. Vickery. It was shot upon 

 a tree near the roadside. The occurrence of this specimen 

 is a striking illustration of the straggling habits of some in- 

 dividuals among birds, its usual habitat being Florida and 

 the West Indies. 



