I02 Bird - Lore 



FISH CROW 



The Fish Crow {Corvus ossifragus) is permanently resident in the Atlantic 

 Coast and Gulf regions of the eastern United States, ranging back from the 

 coast at least to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and from Connecticut and the lower 

 Hudson Valley, New York, the Delaware Valley in New Jersey, the Susque- 

 hanna Valley in Pennsylvania, and the Potomac Valley in Maryland, south to 

 the whole of Florida, and west along the Gulf Coast to southeastern Texas. 

 It is also of casual occurrence north to Massachusetts. 



ROOK 



The familiar European Rook {Corvus frugilegus) , as a species, breeds in most 

 of Europe excepting the extreme southern part, and ranges east to China and 

 Japan; in winter, also south to Formosa, northern India, and northern Africa. 

 The typical subspecies is North American only by reason of its accidental 

 occurrence at Kangarsik, near Cape Dan on the eastern coast of Greenland. 



HOODED CROW 



The well-known hooded crow of Europe (Corvus comix), in some one of its 

 several forms, breeds over Europe except the southwestern portion, and south 

 to Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Afghanistan, and east to Turkestan and 

 western Siberia, wintering also south to northwestern India and to Spain. The 

 typical race is included in our North American list on account of its having 

 been taken at Angmagsalik on the eastern coast of Greenland. 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds 



FIFTY-THIRD PAPER 

 By FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



(See Frontispiece) 



American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos, Fig. i). The 

 plumage of our Crows, like that of their large counterparts, the Ravens, does 

 not vary significantly with either sex or age. The eastern American Crow will 

 serve as an example for them all. Adult males and females are alike; when it 

 leaves the nest, the young bird has the body plumage, that of the under parts 

 especially, duller and browner than the adult. This body plumage is changed at 

 the post-nuptial molt, and thenceforth it resembles its parents. 



