BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
201 
No. 
DATE. 
Locality. 
Food-Matebials. 
1 
October, 1880, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Acorns. 
•i 
October, 1880. . . . 
Chester county, Pa 
Acorns. 
?, 
October, 1880, . . . 
Chester county, Pa 
Acorns. 
i 
October, 1880, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Acorns. 
5 
October, 1880, . . . 
Chester county, Pa 
Acorns. 
6 
May 10. 1880. . . . 
New Castle, Delawai-e, . . . 
Beetles and sand. 
7 
May 18, 1880, . . . 
Newcastle, Delaware. . . . 
Corn. 
8 
June 11, 1880, . . . 
New Castle, Delaware. . . . 
Beetles and berries. 
9 
Sept. 28. 1882, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Indian corn and beetles. 
10 
Sept. 21, 1882, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Indian corn and acorns. 
11 
Sept. 21, 1882, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Indian corn and acorns. 
12 
May 25. 1883, . . . 
Chester county. Pa., .... 
Vegetable matter, not determined. 
13 
Mav 25, 1883. . . . 
Chester county, Pa 
Black colored beetles and sand. 
14 
May 25, 1883. . . . 
Chester county, Pa 
Green colored beetles. 
15 
May 25, 1883, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Black colored beetles, sand and small shells. 
16 
May 25. 1883, . . . 
Chester county. Pa. , . . . . 
‘ ‘ June bugs ” and few other insects. 
17 
May 25, 1883, . . . 
Chester county , Pa 
‘ ‘ June bugs’* and few other insects. 
18 
May 25. 1883, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
‘ ‘June bugs.” 
19 
May 25, 1883, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
‘ ‘ June bugs. ” 
20 
May 25, 1883, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
‘ ‘June bugs. " 
21 
May 12, 1883, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Beetles. 
22 
May 12, 1883. . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Beetles. 
23 
Mav 8. 1883, . . . 
Chester county. Pa 
Chiefly Indian corn; few beetles. 
Genus PERISOREUS Bonaparte. 
Perisoreus canadensis (Linn.). 
Canada Jay. 
Description. 
“Gray, whitening on head, neck and breast; a dark cap on hind head and nape, 
separated by a gray cervical collar from the ashy-plnmbeous back ; wings and tail 
plumbeous, the feathers obscurely tipped with whitish. Bill and leet black ; young 
much darker, sooty or smoky brown. * Length 10 inches ; extent about 16 ; 
wing 5.25 to 5.75 ; tail rather more graduated ; tarsus 1.33 ; bill under 1, shajied like a 
titmouse’s.” — Coues. 
Habitat . — Northern New" England and New York, Michigan and Canada, nortli- 
ward to Arctic America. 
The Canada Jay — a very rare and irreg'ular strag'g'ler in winter from 
the north — I have never met with in this state. Dr. A. C. Treichler, of 
Elizabethtown, has one in his collection which was captured in Lancas- 
ter county, February, 1889. This is the only specimen, so far as I can 
learn, that has been taken in Pennsylvania during* the last twenty-five 
years. 
Subfamily CORVIN.®. Crows. • 
Genus CORVUS Linnaujs. 
Corvus corax ^principalis Ridow. 
Northern Raven. 
Description. 
Size large ; entire plumage glossy black with purplish reflections ; feathers of 
throat lengthened, disconnected and pointed ; bill large and like feet black ; length 
about 2 feet ; extent 4 feet or more. 
* Not having any specimens of Pennsylvania Ravens in my possession, I am unable to state positively 
whether the bird found here is the form known as sinuatus, which occurs as a common resident in the 
regions west of the Mississippi, or the new sub-species principalis. In the present state of uncertainty I 
deem it best to consider our bird as the northern form. 
