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about dwellings, but they sometimes occur in the 

 more open woodlands. The marsh blackbirds, like 

 the red-wings and yellow-headed, prefer wet mead- 

 ows. The rusty and brewer's are found in swamps. 

 The crow blackbirds and boat-tailed occur in fields 

 and along the borders of streams. 



Corvid^e : Crows, Jays, etc. — These usually 

 occur in the woodlands or thickets. Crows fre- 

 quent the seashore in numbers in winter, and 

 may be secured by exposing meat which is poi- 

 soned by strychnine, as they will frequently eat it 

 during the inclement season. Canada and blue 

 jays occur in woods, while the Florida and Cali- 

 fornia jays inhabit thickets. 



TYRANNiDiE : Flycatchers. — Are widely dis- 

 tributed species. The king-birds are found in the 

 more open sections, and the same is true of the 

 crested flycatchers. The bridge pewee inhabits 

 the vicinity of dwellings, while the wood pewee 

 occurs in the woods. The least flycatcher pre- 

 fers orchards, but the greater portions of the 

 genus Enipidonax are found in woodlands or 

 thickets. 



Caprimulgid^e : Goatsuckers. — The whip- 

 poor-wills and chuck-wills-widow occur in the thick 

 wood, emerging occasionally at night, but seldom 



