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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. 
Corvidae : 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. 
Tyrannid^e : 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 Empidonax are found in woodlands or 
thickets. 
Caprimulgid^: : Goatsuckers. — The whip- 
poor-wills and chuck-wills-widow occur in the thick 
wood, emerging occasionally at night, but seldom 
