THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXXVIII. 



488. Coiinis aviericanus Aud. American Crow. — Messrs. 

 Bangs and Bradlee (:oi, p. 253) say: . . . It is, however, 

 doubtful if the Bermuda Crow is Coi-vus americamis. Its notes 

 are said to be different, more Hke those of the European Carrion 

 Crow {Coji'Hs corone Linn.), a hoarse, raven-like croak. 



During the season of 1 900-1 901, crows were seen but seldom 

 and never more than three together at any one time. They were 

 shy and their notes were not heard distinctly." 



I have several records, namely : July seventh, several heard 

 calling on Paynter's Hill ; July tenth, two heard calling in the 

 direction of Harrington Sound, from the Flatts ; August tenth, 

 a flock of seven seen at close range (but not heard) on the South 

 Shore, about opposite the Devil's Hole ; August eleventh, three 

 together, seen and heard on the southern shore of Harrington 

 Sound, west of Patton's Point ; and August twenty-first, one 

 heard from the Biological Laboratory on the side of a neighbor- 

 ing hill. In neither flight, appearance, nor voice did any of 

 these crows seem to me to differ from Corvus amcricanus, and 

 I heard their cawing distinctly, especially on July seventh and 

 August eleventh. I was told that there were three Crows' nests 

 on Trunk Island, Harrington Sound, and was shown a nest on 

 Cooper's Island on July twenty-seventh, said to have contained 

 young birds earlier in the season. 



593- Cardinalis cardmalis{\J\xm). Cardinal Grosbeak ; Red- 

 bird.— The "Red-bird" is one of the most abundant of the resi- 

 dents, and I have an almost uninterrupted series of daily records 

 from July seventh to August twenty-second, my entire stay, the 

 smgle exception being on August first, which was spent on the 

 " Challenger Bank," twelve miles from shore. At Hungry Bay I 

 saw a Cardinal's nest containing three or more young birds, on 

 July twenty-ninth, a late date, for Reid says ('84, p. 201), "Asa 

 rule, the two clutches of eggs are deposited about April lOth, 

 and May 30th, respectively." Moseley ('79, p. 25) alludes to 

 the fact that it is an introduced species, and Ridgway says (:0i, 

 P- 674), "the species is said to have been introduced ixom the 

 eastern United States " ; the date I am unable to determine. 



asscr domcsticus (Linn.). House Sparrow ; " English" Spar- 

 row.— Reid wrote in 1877 ('84, p. 196)1 of two importations 



^Reprinted from 1877. 



