'. .' BIRDS OF THE GRAND PRE REGION. TUFTS. 



484. Perisoreus canadensis canadensis (Linn.). Canada 

 Jay; "Meat Hawk;" "Camp Robber;" "Carrion 

 Bird;" "Whiskey Jack." — Permanent resident, 

 not uncommon locally. A resident of our evergreen 

 forests, seaming to prefer the low-ljdng boggy 

 spruce woods. They nest very early, about the 

 middle of March. On March 10, 1914, one of these 

 birds appeared in the hen-yard of a back-woods 

 farm, and was seen carrying off feathers. On 

 June 29th, 1915, I saw four'' fully grown, long tailed, 

 nearly black immature specimens, accompanied by 

 a pair of adult birds. 



486a. Corvus corax 'principalis Ridgw. Northern Raven. — - 

 Rather uncommon resident. Seen most frequently 

 along the shores of the Bay of Fundy, where they 

 nest on rocky ledges of the perpendicular sea-wall. 

 Thej' also inhabit the heavily wooded Black River 

 and Forks River districts, where they seem to 

 favor hemlock trees for nesting sites. A nest was 

 discovered in a large 3'ellow birch tree, April 15, 

 1917, and contained eix eggs. 



488. Corvus hrachyrhyiickos hrachyrhynchos Brehm. Crow. 

 — Exceedingly common resident. 



494. Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). Bobolink. — Summer 

 resident, abundant, from middle of May to latter 

 part of September. Most common on the Grand 

 Pre near the salt marshes. Occasionally met with 

 in the upland hayfields. 



498 Agelaius phceniceus phoeniceus (Linn.). Red-winged 

 Blackbird. — Exceedingly rare. A small flock — 

 four or five — was seen feeding in a cat-tail swamp 

 on the Grand Pre, Dec. 13, 1899. One specimen 

 was taken by H. F. Tufts. This is the only record 

 I have for this county. A nest of this species was 

 reported from Colchester Co. a few years ago. 



