Notes, Shelter Island, N.Y. 
W, W. Worthington." ' J 
wa 8 a Ie ma >e, aad ve ^ ™ 
brought her down with a charge of No HhoV'T n 
are the dimensions : Length Ktsu. °‘ S ' 8hot blowing 
««.• bill, (culmenTfs^ 1 ^’ ^ ’. 3 , 3 ' "*?• ^ 
claw, 2.08 inches. -> 1.S2, longest toe and 
O.& O. X May. 1885, p, ^ 
_J[ H ® f ISH ^ R0W ( Corvus'osdfragus , Wils.), on Long Island. - On the 
It th July, 1873, I shot a fine female of this species near Rockaway, L I 
The bird was flying around, but kept apart from a flock of common Crows 
m the vicinity. The bird is not mentioned in Giraud’s “ Birds of Long 
Isiand although Samuels, m “ Birds of New England,” says, “ I under- 
stand that it has been taken on Long Island.” C. H. Eagle 
[These two recent captures of the Fish Crow by Messrs' Eagle and 
Rooseveit (see above p. 46) confirm the statement made long since by De 
Kay, that they are occasionally seen on the shores of Long Island but 
are generally confounded with the Common Crow ” (New York Zook Pt. 
II, 1844, p. 135), which seems to have hitherto been the basis of all refer- 
ences to its occurrence in that locality, and, in connection with Linsley’s 
record of its occurrence at Stratford, Conn. (Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, 
T?° l 1 *, ? 3 ’ , P ' 260 ^’ of lts P resumed occurrence in Southern New 
ngland. Although recently observed by Mr. Brewster in Cambridge 
Mass (see this Bulletin, Yol. I, p. 19), there appears to be as yet no un- 
questioned record of its capture in New England, where it doubtless 
occasionally occurs. — J. A. Allen.] 
Bull. N. O.O, 3. Jan., 1878. p, yf. 
The Capture op several Rare Birds near West Point, New 
York. — 1. Corvus ossifragus, Wilson. On the 7th of May, 1877, as I 
was walking up from the river, my attention was attracted to the very 
singular utterance of a Crow that sat on an oak-tree in front of Mr. Pell’s 
house. Its note was a hollow, guttural croak, quite unlike the cawing of 
the common species ( Corvus americanus). I regarded the bird curiously 
for several moments, but as I had never before heard the note of the Fish 
Crow, I passed on, attributing this singular vocal demonstration to some 
uncommonly strong emotion, —perhaps it was a parent bird whose nest 
I had spoiled, not far from that place, several days previous. Accepting 
this conclusion as satisfactory, I should soon have forgotten the circum- 
stance, had not the bird itself acted in such a manner as to dispel the illu- 
sion. It flew before me, and alighted upon a tree far over on the other 
side of the highway, where it croaked most dismally. When I had 
reached the highway before climbing over the stone-wall, I noticed that 
the Crow had again taken flight, and as it was [flying somewhat in my 
direction, I knelt behind the wall, hoping thus to obtain a shot. When 
I ,ventured to look out, I saw the bird soaring in [circles not far away. 
Soon it approached ine, but soaring very high in the air. When it got 
directly overhead, I fired ; it fell to the ground, close beside me, reeling 
and struggling violently all the distance. When I reached it I was both 
surprised and delighted to find a fine female example of the Fish Crow. 
This is, I believe, the most northerly record of the capture of this species 
in the State, though they have been taken on Long Island, where my 
friend, Mr. Theodore Rooseveldt, informed me he took a single specimen 
O . t yy. if. 
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