426 Mr. E. Adams on tht Birds of Michalaski. 



The Snow-Bux\ting. Plectrophanes nivalis (Gould). 



E-nidr-o-slik, Eski. 



[Plectrophanes nivalis, Dall & Banii. p. 282.] 



In the beginning of October these birds arrived in flocks, 

 which remain, feeding upon the grass-seeds on the hills, until 

 the middle of January. After this time only a few scattered 

 individuals are met with ; and by March they are all gone, 

 exept a very few that remain to breed on the tops of the 

 highest hills. 



Raven. Cortnts corax. 



Jo-lu-kok, Eski. 



[Corvus carnivorus, Dall & Bann. p. 285.] 



Two or three Ravens are to be seen about every native 

 village all the year, where they dispute with the dogs for 

 scraps of fish and meat. In the autumn they pilfer vast 

 quantities of fish from the stages near the fishing-grounds, 

 cind occasionally surprise a mouse or small bird. In winter 

 they roost during night in the sea-clifFs, generally selecting 

 a well- sheltered nook, to which they return every evening. 



They breed also in the cliffs ; and in June I saw three full- 

 fledged young, which had been procured there shortly before. 

 Two of these were black ; but the other was an albino. It 

 was of a very light stone-colour, with white beak, legs, and 

 claws ; the shafts of the quill-feathers white ; iris blue. The 

 natives told me they had seen one some years before. They 

 were keeping this as a pet. 



Whiskey Jack. Garrulus canadensis. 



Kobdrno, Eski. 



[Perisoreus canadensis, Dall & Bann. p. 286.] 



This bird is not found in the immediate neighbourhood of 

 Michalaski ; but thirty miles to the northward the volcanic 

 rock gives placeM;o sandstone, and here the dwarf bushes attain 

 the height of thirty feet, many of the birches increase to trees, 

 and the white spruce first makes its appearance. This is the 

 favourite country of this bird ; and wherever a native hut has 

 been erected in the woods he makes his appearance, in com- 

 pany with the Black-cap Tit. Three or four are to be seen 



