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(2) Wa '-tci-gan '~z-es' ', Bird-ofthe-old*camping-place 

 (wutcigan, old camp). 



(3) Kits' -kits- se -gives' , Old-Lumberman-Bird (kits- 

 Ms segwessu. old lumberman, Penobscot dialect). Like 

 the lumberman, the Canada Jay roams about through the 

 woods as if " cruising" lumber for the coming winter's 

 operations, is the common explanation. Yet there may be 

 a still closer connection between this. name and the white 

 man's fancy that the Moosebirds are the restless spirits of 

 old lumbermen, wandering aimlessly through the forest, 

 lingering about the places where they worked long ago. 



(4) Sk'n-a'-gwes, Glutton-Bird ; from sttnagwat, a 

 big eater, used often as a term of reproach. This is said to 

 be more current among the Passamaquoddies. "He is 

 eatin' all the time; seem like he never git enough," says an 

 Indian. 



Raven. 



Corvus corax simiatiis (Wagl.). Ktci' a ga-gah\ Big Crow. 

 Observe that a Common Crow of larger size than usual 

 would be called ktciagagagos. 



Blue Jay. 



Cyanocitta ciistata (Linn.). Ti'ti-as'. 

 Perhaps titi is imitative. 



Bobolink. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). Sau'-ni-djag-vul'usku\ 

 One Indian thought it meant a " half-breed " blackbird. 

 But perhaps it is related to sanitniisn, the south wind. 



Crow. 



Corvus amei icaiius Aud. Ga-ga'-gos. Mimicry. 



Bronzed Grackle. 



Qviisealus quiscula aeneus ("Ridgw.). Djag-wiil'-uskw, or 

 Djag'-wu-li'. 



Imitation. A name for blackbirds in general. Same as 

 " Cliog htskzv" Blackbird, in old Abenaki language (Kid- 

 der). 



