AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 67 
95. BLUE JAY. 
Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). 
Resident; common. <A familiar species and one that is dis- 
tributed throughout the State. Stomachs of specimens secured 
contained wheat, corn, blackberries, grasshoppers, traces of 
beetles, larve of moths, ; 
96. RAVEN. 
Corvus corax sinuatus (Wagl.). 
Resident; tolerably common in the mountain districts. 
While passing over the Alleghanies during the middle of Oc- 
tober I saw several Ravens, but was unable to secure a speci- 
mens. I was informed by the inhaditants that they are very 
destructive to the poultry, especially during the months of May 
and June. 
97. CROW. 
Corvus americanus Aud. 
Resident; abundant and exceeding shy. Of all the birds 
that inhabit the State the Crow 1s the most omnivorous. No 
species has been more persecuted by the farmer, and yet the 
most of the mischief they do is in the early spring, while they 
have young nestlings to care for, and it is then they steal a few 
young birds, chickens, and eggs. For the. little corn-pulling 
they do they amply repay the tarmer by destroying multitudes 
of injurious insects that frequent his cornfields. I have watched 
them at a distance by the aid of a field g.ass while in a field 
where corn was standing, partly in heaps that had been husked 
out. The Crows did not disturb the corn but fed upon insects 
and the seeds of bitter weeds. The evil which they do lasts 
but a brief period, whereas their good services continue during 
the entire year. 
98. FISH CROW 
Corvus ossifragus Wils. 
Resident; rare. I saw two Fish Crows on Blennerhassett 
Island October 2. They were flying across from the island 
to the Ohio side. 
