BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA . 
201 
NO. 
Date. 
Locality. 
Food-Materials. 
1 
October. 1880, . . . 
Chester county. Pa. 
Acorns. 
2 
October, 1880. . . . 
Chester county. Pa.. . . 
Acorns. 
3 
October, 1880. . . . 
Chester county, Pa. 
Acorns. 
4 
October, 1880, . . . 
Chester county, Pa. 
Acorns. 
5 
October, 1880, . . . 
Chester county. Pa. 
Acorns. 
G 
May 10. 1880. . . . 
New Castle, Delaware, . . . 
Beetles and sand. 
7 
May 18. 1880, . . . 
New Castle. Delaware, . . . 
Corn. 
8 
June 11, 1880, . . . 
New Castle, Delaware. . . . 
Beetles and berries. 
9 
Sept. 28. 1S82. . . . 
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 
May 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. 
1G 
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 
May 8. 1883, . . . 
Chester county, Pa. 
Chiefly Indian corn; few beetles. 
Genus PERISORETJS 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-plumbeous back; wings and tail 
plumbeous, the feathers obscurely tipped with whitish. Bill and feet 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, shaped like a 
titmouse’s.”— Coues. 
Habitat .—Northern New England and New York, Michigan and Canada, north¬ 
ward to Arctic America. 
The Canada Jay—a very rare and irregular straggler 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 CORVINE. Crows. 
Genus CORVUS Linnasus. 
Corvus corax ^principalis Ridgw. 
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 pv'i'iicip&lis. In the present state of uncertainty I 
deem it best to consider our bird as the northern form. 
