324 



ZOOLOGY BIRDS. 



QUISCALUS PUKPUBEDS (Bartr.), var. AENEUS, Eidg. 



Bronzed Grakle. 



Quiscahis ccneus, EIDG., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 18C9, 134. CODES, Key N. A. 

 Birds, 1872, 101 (not recognized as valid). 



Quiscahis purpureus var. mieus, BD., BREW., & EIDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 218. HEN- 

 SHAW, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 65. COUES, Birds 

 Northwest, 1874, 203. 



May 14, these blackbirds were rather numerous on the outskirts of 

 Denver, and apparently were just about to build, as they were already 

 mated. Elsewhere in the region explored by the survey, the Bronzed Grakle 



was not found. 



FAM. CORVIDAE: CEOWS. 



CORVDS COEAX, Liuii., var. CAENIVOEUS, Bartr. 

 American Raven. 



Corvus earnivorns, BARTR., Travels iii Eastern Florida, 1793, 290. BD., P. E. E. Eep., 

 Beckwith's Eoute, x, 1859, 14. Id., Birds N. A., 1858, SCO. Id, U. S. & 

 Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 20. XANTUS, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1859, 192 (Fort Tejon, Cal.). HENRY, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. 

 Phila., 1859, 108 (New Mexico). COOP. & SUCKL., P. E. E. Eep., xii, pt. ii, 

 1860, 210. HAYD., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., xii, 1862, 170. COUES, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 91 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.). Id., ib., 1868, 84. 

 COOPER, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 282. STEV., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 465. 

 SNOW, Birds Kan., 1872, 12. 



Corvus corax var. carnivorus, BD., BREW., & EIDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 234, pi. 37, f. 6. 

 YARROW & HENSHAW, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheelers's Exped., 1874, 

 20. HENSHAW, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, l.Id., An. List 

 Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 46. Id., Eep. Orn. Specs., 1873, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 65, 82, 122. WOODH., Sitgreave's Exp. Zufii & 

 Col. Eiv., 1854, 78. HENSHAW, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, 65, 83, 122. 



Corvus cacalotl, NEWB., P. E. E. Eep., vi, 1857, 82. BD., Birds N. A., 1S5S, 563. 

 KENNERLY, P. E. E. Eep., Whipple's Eoute, x, 1859, 31, pi. xx. 



