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Range (Gulf and Atlantic coast as far)

Gulf and Atlantic coast, as far north as southern Connecticut; resident except at the extreme northern part of its range. Washington, rather common P. R. Cambridge, A. V., one record, Mch. Nest, of sticks, lined with strips of grapevine bark, moss, grasses, etc., generally in pines or cedars, twenty to fifty feet up. Eggs, four to six, similar in color to those of C. americanus, 1·52 x 1.06. * Rhoads, Crow Roosts and Roosting Crows, Am. Nat., 1886, pp. 691-700, 777-787. STARLINGS.

The Fish Crow can be distinguished from the common Crow in life only by its call. Its voice is cracked and reedy, and its notes resemble those of a young common Crow. Instead of the loud, clear, open caw of adults of that species, it utters a hoarser car, as if it talked through its nose! The difference is perhaps not appreciable upon paper, but one who is familiar with their calls need never confuse these two birds in the field. The Fish Crow, while not confined to the coast or even the vicinity of water, is not found far inland.