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woods of America east of the plains to about latitude 55. 

 The Bluejay is a wonderful songster and mimic, but it is 

 mischievous — nearly as bad as the crow indeed. 



Common Crow (Corvus brachyrhynckos) . The Crow is 

 blaci from head to foot, body and' soul. It is about 



Bluejay. 



Bobolink 

 or Reedbird. 



eighteen inches long and thirty wide. It makes itself a 

 nuisance in all the heavily wooded parts of E. North 

 America. 



Bobolink or Reedbird {Doliehonyx oryzivorus). This bird 

 is about seven and a half inches long. The plumage is 

 black and white, with brown or creamy patch on nape; 

 and the tail feathers all sharply pointed. The female, 

 and the male in autumn, are all yellow buff with dark 

 streaks. Though famous for its wonderful song as it flies 

 over the meadows in June, it is killed by the thousands 

 to supply the restaurants in autumn and served up under 



