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299. Corvus brachyrhynchos. American Crow. 



Eastern and coast prairie districts (Galveston, Navarro, and Mc- 

 Lennan counties, etc.) Crows from Middle Texas are interme- 

 diate between this form and tlie subsperies hesperis, Ridgway 

 referring to the majority of Texas specimens under that name. 

 Resident. 



300. Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis. Western Crow. 



The crows of Western and Southwestern Texas are referred to tliis 

 form by Ridgway. In the synonymy of hesperis, he includes the fol- 

 lowing records; San Antonio (Dresser), McClellan Creek (McCauley), 

 Concho county, breeding (Lloyd), Leon Springs, March, (Beckham), 

 Eastland County (Hasbrouck), Boeme (Brown). 



301. Cyanocephalus cyanocephalns. Pinon Jay: Blue Crow. 



Recorded as tolerably common in the Guadalupe Mountains by Bailey 

 (See The Auk, 1902, XIX, 300, and North American Fauna, No. 25, 

 Biological Survey of Texas.) 



FAMILY ICTERIDAE. Blackbirds, Orioles, Etc. 



302. Dolichonyx oryzivonis. Bobolink. 



Migrant through Eastern and Middle Texas. Either rare in most 

 localities or else has been overlooked by the majority of the ob- 

 servers. Not uncommon in the vicinity of San Angelo in Octo- 

 ber (Uoyd). Rather rare migrant at Waco (October 2-5, April 30, 

 May 1-3.) 



303. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. 



Eastern and northern sections of the State, breeding south to Houston 

 (?) (Nehrling). Resident. Abundant winter resident from San An- 

 tonio southward. Ridgway refers to this species as breeding in the 

 vicinity of San Antonio but Attwater refers to it only as a winter bird. 



304. Molotiirus ater obscnrus. Dwarf Cowbird. 



Summer resident of the southern section of the State, west into the 

 trans-Pecos counties. North as far as Houston and San Antonio. 

 Ridgway records it from Lampasas county. 



305. Callothrus robustus. Red-eyed Cowbird. 



Southern section of the State, breeding north to San Antonio. Sum- 

 mer resident. 



