86 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



2O2-484-(359). Perisoreus canadensis (Linn.\ * CANADA JAY. 



Common from the middle of the Southern Peninsula northward; never seen in the 

 southern part of the state; seen on our college grounds in the winter of 1893; " tirst 

 seen May 17, 1876" (Dr. H. A. Atkins); it seems strange that it should occur at Locke 

 as late as May: "common north about the logging camps" (R. H. Wolcott); A. H. 

 Boies took a pair at Sault Ste. Marie, Oct. 20, 1892; "very abundant at Iron County. 

 Upper Peninsula, also in the Gogebic region" (H. Nehrling); "a flock of eight were 

 seen at Mackinac Island " (S. E. White); common in some sections of the Northern 

 Peninsula" (Prof . Ludwig Kumlein); "common on Keweenaw Point in winter and a 

 pest to the trappers as it steals the poisoned bait " (Kneeland); " abundant in Grand 

 Traverse County" (M. L. Leach); taken by J. E. Nichols in the autumn of 1881 and 

 1883 in RoscomimHi, Kalkaska and Missaukee Counties; "common in Crawford 

 County, about lumber camps" (Dudley E. Waters); Dr. Atkins reports taking this 

 bird at Locke, May 17, 1876; "common in spring and fall, but not in summer in Iron 

 County" (E. E. Brewster); this bird is reported to be troublesome about lumber 

 camps, carrying off meat. etc. It doubtless breeds in the northern part of the state. 



SUBFAMILY CORVIN/E. CROWS AND RAVENS. 

 GENUS CORVUS LINN. 



2O3-48<>-(;fc$8). Corvus corax si mi at us (Wagl.}. * AMERICAN RAVEN. 



Formerly common; not rare now north; we no longer see it about Lansing; " rare 

 but still seen at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common at Grayling, where it nests "' 

 (Prof. L. H. Colburn); "very common on Kewenaw Point in the winter to the exclusion 

 of the crow" (Kneeland); "throughout the Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "common 

 but very shy in Iron County, two taken in Kent County April 8, 1888" (S. E. White); 

 " common at Iron Mountain, Dickinson County ; ' (E. E. Brewster); " see them occasion- 

 ally in Shiawassee County, flying very high'* (Dr. W. C. Brownell); " wholly gone from 

 Greenville, Montcalm County, where it was common thirty years ago" (Prof. Jas. Sat- 

 terlee); " common in Monroe County, prior to 1860, before the advent of the crow " 

 (Jerome Trombley); this bird seems to be replaced south by the crow; feeds on carrion, 

 acorns, etc.; Dr. Gibbs writes me that he has known of its breeding in Van Buren 

 County, and thinks it must lay eggs as early as February. Nest and eggs much as in 

 the next species. 



2O4-488-(34O). Corvns americanus And. *AMERICAN CROW, COMMON CROW. 



Very common; throughout the state; gregarious; seen at all seasons of the year; 

 more rare in winter; " seen first in Monroe County in 18 )0, now very common, but not 

 in winter" (Jerome Trombley); " Grand Traverse County" (M. L. Leach); " not rare at 

 Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); common on Keweenaw Point and in the Ontonagon 

 District" (Kneeland); "general in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "common in sum- 

 mer at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds; nests in large, coarse nests in trees; 

 eggs four to six, Dr. W. C. Brownell has a set of seven, green, blotched and sprinkled 

 with dusky brown; eats insects, frogs, carrion, acorns, eggs of birds and poultry, 

 "especially young chickens" (O. and O., Vol. XVI, 1891, p. 64.); probably our friend. 



