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these mountains. A few birds occur in summer on the outlying 

 peaks of over 3,500 feet as on Tripyramid and on Black Moun- 

 tain of the Sandwich range (F. H. Allen in Uteris} and also on 

 Osceola. In the fall and winter there is a slight movement of 

 the birds from the higher levels into the valleys, and occasional 

 birds wander even into the southern part of the state. Thus Mr. 

 C. J. Maynard ('72) found it " common at Errol, November 3d, 

 1879," and at Shelburne, Mr. R. H. Howe, Junior, ('99) reports 

 that a bird had visited the lumber camps in December. At 

 Passaconaway, Frank Bolles ('93a, p. 95) notes also that it is 

 said to visit the camps there sometimes in winter. At Lancas- 

 ter, in the upper Connecticut valley, Mr. F. B. Spaulding 

 writes that he took a bird on November 30, 1899, and finds 

 it uncommon there. Farther south, there are several records 

 for fall or winter, as at Bedford, a specimen from this locality is 

 said to have been taken several years ago, and until recently 

 was preserved in the collection of the Manchester Institute of 

 Arts and Sciences (" Pinfeather Ornithologist," : 02, p. 173); 

 Pittsfield, where Mr. Ned Dearborn ('98, p. 22) is assured of 

 its occurrence by local authority ; Penacook, where Mr. C. F. 

 Goodhue writes me one was killed about 1890; Raymond, one 

 closely observed, as I am told by my friend Mr. F. H. Allen, 

 on November 28, 1901, by a Mr. F. A. Lovejoy ; Strafford, one 

 recorded by Dr. Charles Palmer ('71) as in his possession, shot 

 in winter. 



153. Corvus corax principalis Ridgw. Northern 

 Raven. 



At present this species is an accidental visitant, for which the 

 more recent records are : Canterbury, a specimen was trapped 

 in early spring "a few years since," according to Mr. Ned 

 Dearborn ('98, p. 22) ; Greenville, a specimen was killed at this 

 town some years ago, as I am informed by Mr. J. P. Melzer, of 

 Milford, who mounted the bird, but can give me no definite 

 data; Sutton, Mr. C. F. Goodhue records ('85) one taken and an- 

 other seen here on December 20, 1878 ; Warner, a bird secured 

 about February 18, 1879, according to M. C. Harriman ('79). 

 Many writers have presumed that the raven breeds in the 



