198 CROWS. 



1*. FLORIDA CROW, C. A. PASCUUS. Smaller than 1 

 with the bill and feet proportionately larger. Florida. 



Fig. 258. 2. FISH CROW, C. OSSIFRAGUS. 



16.00; feet long and slender. Atlan- 

 tic and Gulf Coasts from Conn, to 

 La. ; casual as far north as Mass. 

 Notes, "Ha ha" and some guttural 

 cries. Flight, rather more rapid than 

 1 with quicker wing-beats. Highly 

 gregarious. 



3. NORTHERN RAVEN, C. 

 PBINCIPALIS. 24.00 ; feathers of neck 

 lance-shaped, fig. 260. Northern N. 

 A. south to the Carolinasinthemore 

 CC, I5,*b, 1. 1-3. unsettled and mountainous districts. 

 Note, a harsh croak; flight, heavy, sails much. Nests, often 

 on cliffs. 



D. STARLINGS. Sturnidae. 



Medium sized birds Fig. 259. 



with long wings, short 

 tails, and large feet. 

 a. Sturnus. 

 Starling's. 



Characters as above. 



1. STARLING, S. 

 VULGABIS. 8.00; glossy 

 black streaked and spot- 

 ted with white and buff , 

 fig. 261. Europe; acci- 

 dental in Greenland ; in- 

 troduced about N. Y. city. CC, C, a, 1. 1-10. 

 E. ORIOLES. Icteridae. 



Birds of varying sizes but with the bill more or less 

 pointed and with the lower mandible swollen at base. Eggs, 

 usually bluish, lined with black. 



