98 THE FISH-CROW. 



This species does not appear to proceed westward along the coast beyond 

 the mouths of the Mississippi, where it is, however, abundant; for, after 

 leaving this place, none were seen on our waj'' to the Texas; where we found 

 the Common American Crow in great abundance. The Fish-Crow is, how- 

 ever, plentiful on the Columbia river, according to Mr. Townsend, who 

 brought specimens from that country. 



Fish-Crow, Corvus ossifragus, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. v. p. 27. 



Corvus ossifragus, Bonap. Syn., p. 57. 



Fish-Crow, Corvus ossifragus, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 216. 



Fish-Crow, Corvus ossifragus , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 268; vol. v. p. 479. 



Feathers of the head and neck oval and blended; third quill longest; tail 

 considerably rounded, a small space at the base of the lower mandible on 

 each side bare; general colour black, with blue and purple reflections above, 

 blue and greenish beneath. Young brownish-black, with the blue and purple 

 reflections less brilliant. 



Male, 16, 33. Female, 15, 31. 



From the mouths of the Mississippi upwards to Natchez, and along the 

 Atlantic to New York. Common. Resident in the Southern States. 

 Columbia river. 



The Honey Locust. 



Gleditschia triacanthos, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. iv. p. 1097. Pursh, Fl. Amer., vol. ii. 

 p. 221. — Polygamia Dkecia, Linn.— Leguminosje, Juss. 



