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225. Otocoris alpestris hojrti. Hoyt's Horned Lark. 

 Casual on Long Island. (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., xxiv, 1902, p. 845; Dwight, Auk, vii, 1890, p. 143; 

 and Bishop, Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 132.) 



226. Otocoris alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned Lark. 



Possibly, rare permanent resident. First found on Long Is- 

 land, July 31, 1886, at Long Island City by Messrs. John and 

 W. F. Hendrickson, and again Sept. 14, 1887 (Dutcher, Aiik, 

 V, 1888, p. 180). Two Horned Larks were seen July 2, 1903, 

 at Montauk by Messrs. C. G. Abbott and P. H. Bahr, doubt- 

 less of this subspecies. There are frequently found, in winter, 

 birds closely approaching this subspecies. 



227. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. 

 Common permanent resident. 



228. Corvus corax principalis. Raven. 



Rare or accidental visitor. Two records exist ; a bird killed 

 on Comae Hill in 1836 is in the collection of the Long Island 

 Historical Society; and a specimen taken near Prospect Park 

 in 1848, formerly in the collection of ]Mi\ Philip Brasher, but 

 now in the collection of the L'niversity of Vermont (Dutcher, 

 Auk, X, 1893, p. 276). 



229. Corvus brachyrhynchos. Ajnierican Crow. 

 Permanent resident, common. Xests, middle of April to 



middle of INIay. Woodhaven, Apr. 30, nest with 4 young; 

 nest with 4 eggs; Lake Grove, nest with 5 eggs nearly hatched; 

 May 30, young in nest (from data furnished by A. H. Howell). 



230. Corvus ossifragus. Fish Crow. 



Common summer resident. March 11 to December (Rock- 

 away.) On the south side salt-meadows during summer it is 

 the commonly observed crow. In winter, the writer believes 

 it to be rare or irregular, but there are records, notablv the 



