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200. CALIFORNIA JAY Aphelocoma californica. 
Common residents of wooded localities from the coast to the 
lower edges of the pines. Sometimes troublesome about farm 
yards near brush by eating hens’ eggs. Sometimes eat the eggs 
and young from the nests of other birds. 
201. RAVEN. Corvus corax sinuatus. 
Generally distributed through the county in open ground. 
Now not often seen in the more thickly settled parts of the county. 
202. WESTERN CROW. Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis. 
Rather common residents, but local. They nest in willow 
groves and are more often seen near willows all the year. They do 
not seem to pull up young corn much in this county, and generally 
do more good than harm. 
208. CLARKE NUTCRACKER. Nuecifraga columbiana. 
Transient winter visitants to the eastern slope of the mountains. 
204. PINON JAY. Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus. 
Irregular winter visitants in the pinon and juniper groves on 
the desert slopes of the mountains. Go in flocks, sometimes of 
considerable size. 
205. NEVADA COWBIRD. Molothrus ater artemesiz. 
Stragglers or rare migrants in the desert along the eastern edge 
of the county. 
Family ICTERIDA. ‘Troupials, Orioles. 
A large family, peculiar to America, and most abundant in 
South America. Some species are arboreal, others are terrestrial 
and some inhabit reeds and tules in swamps. The habits are 
quite varied, as also is the food and the quality of the song. 
206. DWARF COWBIRD. Molothrus ater obscurus. 
Rare stragglers. Have been taken at San Diego. 
207. YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. Xanthocephalus 
xanthocephalus. 
Common migrants and breed in small colonies in tule marshes. 
Occasional elsewhere. 
208. SAN DIEGO REDWING BLACKBIRD. Xgelaius 
pheeniceus neutralis. 
Abundant migrants. Common summer residents in tule 
marshes. Irregularly common locally in winter. Sometimes de- 
structive of grain crops, but beneficial at other times. 
209. TRICOLOR BLACKBIRD. Aigelaius tricolor. 
Formerly abundant winter residents and locally common sum- 
mer residents of tule marshes. Now less common. More abun- 
dant north in the San Joaquin Valley. Habits similar to those 
of the preceding species. 
210. WESTERN MEADOWLARK. §Sturnella neglecta. 
Abundant winter residents and common summer residents of 
valleys throughout the county. While the species is present 
throughout the year the winter residents go north in spring and 
are replaced by others coming from Mexico. Fine songsters. Not 
true larks, which belong in another family. 
