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* DoticHonyx oRyzIvoRA, Linn. 
Abundant. 
Motorurus Pecoris, Wilson. 
Common. I found the egg of this bird, in one instance, in the nest of the 
Red-winged Blackbird. 
* AGELAIUS XANTHOCEPHALUS, Bonap. 
A few nest within fifteen miles of Racine, in an extensive marsh. Seldom 
visit the lake shore. 
* AGELAIUS PH@NICEUS, Linz. 
Abundant every where. 
* SCOLECOPHAGUS FERRUGINEUS, Lath. 
Common fall and spring. Arrive 15th of March. A few remain during 
summer. 
* QUISCALUS VERSICOLOR, Vieill. 
Common. 
CORVID, (5 species.) 
* CYANocoRAX CRISTATUS, Linn. 
Common through the year. 
Cyanocorax CanapeEnsis, Linn. 
Occasionally during severe winters visit the vicinity of Racine. 
Pica MELANOLEUCA, Aud. 
Occasionaliy a straggler visits us. ‘Two were shot in Caledonia, ten miles 
from Racine, December, 1848. A gentleman of this city obtained one at Balier 
Harbor, on Lake Michigan, November 15, 1849. 
* Corvus AmERIcANus, Aud. 
A singular fact in relation to the Crow is, that it never takes up its quarters 
within fifteen or twenty miles of Lake Michigan, within this State. At Racine 
it may be considered one of the rarest birds. 
* Corvus corax, Linn. 
More numerous than the preceding. Remain through the winter. 
TROCHILID 4: (1 species.) 
* Trocuitus coLtusRis, Linn. 
Common. 
PICID/, (1 species.) 
* PIcUS PILEATUS, Linz. 
Common in heavy timber districts. 
Denprocopus Canavensis, Gmel. 
Occasionally met with during winter—rare. 
* DeENDROCOPUS VILLOSUS, Linn. 
Abundant through the year. 
* DENDROCOPUS PUBESCENS, Linn. 
Common—remain during winter. 
* DENDROCOPUS VARIUS, Linn. 
Common. Leave us Ist of November, arrive 15th April. This Woodpecker 
visits the orchards during September and October, to feed upon the inner bark 
of the peach and cherry, girdling the stems so effectually as not unfrequently to 
kill the trees. I have watched them while thus engaged in my own garden, and 
and have carefully examined, under a microscope, the contents of the stomachs 
of numerous specimens. 
