THE MUSEUM. 



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American Herring Gall, under Oval Convex Glass. 



Notes on the Northern Raven in 

 Maine. 



By a. H. Norton. 



In 1 88 1 there appeared a note on the 

 Raven Corviis corax, C. c. pri)icipal- 

 is RiCG., which further investigation 

 shows to be quite far from pre.«-enting 

 the true range of the race in Maine. 

 Its distribution along the seaboard of 

 Maine as now restricted, is fr )m Small 

 Point eastward, ranging to Harpewdl 

 in winter, "and Cumberland rarely" 



(cf. Brown Proc. Part Sec. Nat. Hist. 

 II, Pt. I p. 17.) Breeding regularly 

 from the west entrance to Penobscot 

 Bay, eastward, and presumably from 

 Sequin and Muscangus Bay. 



1885, April 19. In Knox Co. near 

 St. George I examined a nest contain- 

 ing, four fledglings, estimated to have 

 been two weeks old. This nest was 

 on a rough granite island lying about 

 four miles off the coast, placed in a 

 spruce tree {Picca alba) which grew 



