Cyano oitta cristata. 
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Bethel to Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
I900 * Grafton south of the Notch we (the Stones and I) saw a 
Sept.2 truly remarkable flock of Blue Jays for it contained, fully 
some 
fifty birds. As we approached they flew from apple trees by 
the roadside across a field into the woods passing over the 
open ground in a compact flock behind which, however, lin¬ 
gered a few stragglers. 
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