BULLOCK’S ORIOLE. 149 
of surprise; but deep snow, and a temperature 
32° below zero, so tamed them, that they came 
down on the bullocks as the men were skinning 
them, and, though again and again knocked off, 
refused to leave until they had a bit given them: 
luckily for the ravens, the men had a superstitious 
dread of doing them an injury, so that they 
had only to fight it out with the dogs and Indian 
women, as to right of offals. 
The nest is built of sticks, and placed on the 
very summit of the tallest pine-trees they can 
find. They build very early in May, and usually 
have two broods in the year. The same pair of 
ravens use their old nest, simply repairing the 
damage done by wind and weather. I have seen 
them so gorged with dead mules’ flesh as to be 
unable to fly into a tree; flapping their wings, to 
aid in hopping the faster, they scrambled into the 
bushes in a most undignified manner, too full even 
to croak. They seldom lay more than two eggs. 
Butzock’s OrIo xe (Jcterus bullockit, Bonap.).— 
This is the only representative of the orioles in 
British Columbia, and by no means abundant, or 
often seen by visitors. These birds prefer the 
localities where the scrub-oak grows to the pine 
region, and build a long pendulous nest, beauti- 
fully woven of fibrous roots and grass-stalks, 
