90 REPOET OF NEW JEESEY STATE MUSEUM. 
FAMILY A L AUDI D/E.—TIIE I.ARKS. 
A single American species of lark occurs in New Jresey, which 
is a winter resident. 
IIorked Lark; Shore Lark —( Otocoris alpestris ). 
A chocolate-backed, ground-running, mainly winter bird, with distinct black 
and yellow marks on the head and breast. The under parts are whitish, and 
the black .tail feathers are somewhat margined with white. The black mark 
from the bill to the eye and then downward along the side neck, and the black 
breast patch, can generally be seen, though in winter there is a veiling of the 
black by whitish tips to the feathers. The Horned Larks are usually found in 
flocks along the seacoast and in the open tracts of the interior. 
Breeds in Labrador; Hudson bay. Winters to the Carolinas (southward). 
Regular winter resident along the New Jersey coast and Delaware bay in im¬ 
mense flocks. 
FAMILY COEYIILE.—THE CEOWS AND JAYS. 
Five species of the crow family occur in the region covered hv 
the present list. Of these the common crow and blue jay are 
everywhere resident and are the only abundant species. The fish 
crow is a summer resident, on the coast, while the raven is rar>. 
The Canada jay is a very rare straggler. 
Blue Jay— (Cyanocitta cristata). 
A very common, large, noisy, crested, brightly-marked, blue bird, with white 
throat, belly and tips of outer tail feathers. The wings and tail are barred with 
black, and the neck has a black collar. This very beautiful species has more 
bad traits than can here be mentioned—among them are its fondness for eggs 
and nestlings. It has many notes of its own, and is a mimic, imitating the 
notes of a number of other birds. - 
Bleeds in eastern North America, north of Florida. Winters about the sann 
Resident. 
Canada Jay; Whisky Jack: Gray Jay —(Perisoreus cana¬ 
densis). 
A laige, northern, loose-piumaged, gray bird, with the head mainly white, 
except the nape, which is blackish. The throat and sides of the neck are white, 
and the gray quills of the wings and tail are somewhat tipped with white. 
Breeds in northern New England. Winters southward. Very rare straggler 
in winter. 
