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six feet high. Other nests on the same islands ■were 

 placed in trees, from twenty to forty feet from the gromid. 



CORVID^, — The Crows. 



107. Cyanura cristata, Swain. — Blue Jay. Com- 

 mon resident. Nests in trees. Is a general nuisance ; 

 destroys the young and eggs of small birds; visits the 

 cornfields of the farmer in autumn, and carries away great 

 quantities of corn. Gregarious throughout the year, ex- 

 cept during the breeding-season. 



108. Corvus Americanus, Aud. — Grow. Common 

 resident. Nests in trees. Appears on the sea-shore in 

 great numbers during the early winter, and continues until , 

 spring, feeding upon the refuse left by the tide upon the 

 marshes. These winter visitors are said to be " Eastern 

 Crows,'' or crows from Maine and the British Provinces. 



TYEANNID^, — The Tyrant Fltcatchbe. 



109. Tyrannus Carolinensis, Baied. —King-Bird, 

 "Bee Martin." ^ — Common summer resident. Breeds, nest- 

 ing on trees, generally in an orchard. Arrives from May 

 6th to 15th ; leaves about the middle of September. Fre- 

 quents open fields and orchards. 



110. Tyrannus Dominicensis, ^ — Rich. Gray King- 

 Bird. An immature specimen was taken by Mr. Charles 

 Goodall, at Lynn, on October 23, 1868. The bird is 

 now in the possession of Mr. N. Viokery. It was shot upon 

 a tree near the roadside. The occurrence of this specimen 

 is a striking illustration of the straggling habits of some in- 

 dividuals among birds, its usual habitat being Florida and 

 the West Indies. 



