26 BIEDS OF EAST PENNSYLVAiaA. 



Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus. Not uucommon 



along the sea -shore, and on the 

 Delaware. It arrives early in 

 April. (S.) 



Blue Jay Cyamira cristata. Frequent, but less 



numerous in Winter than at other 



ORDER— RASORES. (GaUiaiaceous Birds.) 



Wild Pigeon Ectopistes migratoria. Passenger 



Pigeon. Plentiful, but is more 

 frequent in Spring and Autumn, 

 when it congregates in large flocks. 



Common Dove. . . . Ectopistes CaroUnensis. Carolina 

 Turtle Dove. Common from 

 March to October, but many remain 

 during the Winter. 



Wild Turkey. . . . Meleagris gallopavo. Now rare. A 

 few straggling flocks are yet met 

 with on the Alleghanies, and speci- 

 , . mens which have been killed there 



may be seen every Winter in the 

 Philadelphia market. It is not 

 uncommon in Virginia. 



