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2812; immediately, 3; 1 miriute, 8; 4 minutes, 8; 15 minutes, 11. 

 April 293; 2 minutes, 9; 1 minute, 2; etc. The woods below were 

 furnished with their usual numbers of noisy Jays; but neither migrants 

 nor residents seemed to be influenced by the presence of the other. 



97. [488] Corvus brachyrhynchos C. L. Brehm. Common Crow.* 



The crow is quite common in Monroe County, but the numbers in 

 which it occurs seem insignificant to one accustomed to enormous roosts. 

 Crows are very rarely seen in flocks of as many as one hundred individ- 

 uals. About 1886 there was quite an extensive roost in Turner's (Cedar) 

 Grove (W. S. B.), but at the present time there is no roost of any size in 

 the county. 



The nest has been noted by B. W. Evermann as early as March 20. 

 A half-finished nest was seen April 4, 1903 (C. G. L.). Two nests, one 

 with eggs were found April 20, 1902 (W. L. M.), and a nest with 5 

 young was found about fifty feet from the ground in a beech, April 2G, 

 1903 (C. G. L.). 



98. [494] Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn. ). Bobolink.* 



Common migrant, usually appearing during the first week of May, 

 although it has been observed on April 17, 1885 (C. H. B.) and 1893 

 (E. M. K.). It may be observed until a month later; May, 17 (C. H. B., 

 '85). August 29 to September 1. The males arrive and depart earlier 

 than the females; males were seen from April 17 to May 5 and females 

 from May 2 to 17, 1885 (C. H. B.). 



On a rainy morning in May (5-3-'03) a Bobolink was found in an 

 apple tree in town, singing with all the vivacity of mid-June. This is the 

 first time I have heard it sing during migration. 



MIGRATION RECORD. 



