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doubt about its being the nest of ‘Clark’s 
Crow.’ , 
The nest was very large, and composed of fir- 
twigs, bits of bark, the bracts or leaves of the 
pine, and fine root-fibres; some small pieces of 
moss and grey lichen were mixed carelessly with 
the other materials. The shape was difficult to 
make out, as the crash of the falling tree had 
damaged it considerably; but I should say it was 
shallow, round, and presenting a large extent of 
surface beyond the margins of the hollow con- 
taining the eggs. The remains of about four eges 
were, | should think, scattered round, the frag- 
ments much like the eggs of Steller’s Jay in 
colour, but of a lighter shade of bluish-green. 
From the fact of my never by any chance finding 
a nest low down, I imagine their habit is always 
to build in the very tallest pines. West of the 
Cascades I believe it is unknown, that ridge of 
mountains being its boundary northward. Its 
size is about that of a pigeon; length 12 inches, 
wing 74, tail 45, tarsus 15. Colour, bluish-ash, 
lighter on the forehead and round the eyes. 
Wings nearly black, with a shade of green over- 
spreading it. Secondaries and tertials (except 
the innermost) tipped broadly with white; tail 
white, the inner webs of the fifth and the whole 
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