IOO Faxon, Summer Birds of Berkshtre County, Mass. [April 
13. Tyrannus tyrannus. KINGBIRD.—Common in the open, culti- 
vated country. 
14. Myiarchus crinitus. CRESTED FLYCATCHER.—Rare. A pair were 
repeatedly seen near the Graylock carriage road, 2100 feet above sea-level, 
and a few at lower levels. 
I5. Sayornis phoebe. PEWEE.— Rather common in the cultivated 
lands. 
16. Contopus borealis. OLIve-sIDED FLYCATCHER.—Not rare on the 
mountain sides. Most often found where the timber has been partly cut 
off. 
17 Contopus virens. Woop PEwEE.—Common. A few were found 
on Graylock at an altitude of 2800 feet. 
18. Empidonax pusillus traillii. TRAILL’s FLYCATCHER.—Several ob- 
served in the willows along the shores of the Hoosac River in North 
Adams. Shot a male, evidently nesting in the neighborhood, in a thicket 
of willows on Notch Brook, July 12; altitude about 1200 feet. 
19. Empidonax minimus. Lrasr FLycaTcHER.—Not very common. 
Found chiefly in the farming lands. 
20. Cyanocitta cristata. BLUE Jay.—Common up to summit of Gray- 
lock, where they often came to feed on the refuse thrown from the door 
of the mountain house. 
21. Corvus americanus. AMERICAN Crow.—Very common.* 
22. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. BoBOLINK.— Common. Breeds in the 
Notch as high as 1400 feet above the sea-level. 
23. Molothrus ater. Cowsirp.—A few were seen near the village of 
North Adams. 
24. Icterus galbula. BALTIMORE ORIOLE.—Not rare in the settled 
portions of the country. 
25. Carpodacus purpureus. PurPLE FINCH.—Common. Found on the 
Saddle-Back Mountains from the base to the summit of Graylock Peak. 
26. Loxia curvirostra minor. AMERICAN RED CROSSBILL.—On the 
14th of July, in the ‘saddle’ or depression between Graylock and Bald 
Mt., a small flock of Red Crossbills flew by but a short distance above my 
head. I saw them again near the same spot on the following day. Ap- 
proximate altitude, 3000 feet. 
27. Spinus tristis. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.—Common where the land 
has been cleared of the forest. 
28. Spinus pinus. PINE Siskin.—On the morning of July 16 a few 
Siskins were seen near the old Adams path on Graylock, about 3000 feet 
above the sea. 
29. Poocetes gramineus. BAy-wINGED SPARROW.—Common in the 
cultivated land in the valleys. ‘ 
* Corvus corax was recorded from Williamstown in 1877 by Professor Sanborn Ten- 
ney (Amer. Nat., XI, 243, 1877; c/. Brewster, Auk, I, ro, foot-note, 1884). Tradition 
points to a cliff on the eastern side of Ragged Mountain in Adams as an old breeding 
place of the Raven. This cliff is still known in the neighborhood as the ‘ Raven 
Rocks.’ 
