388 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Corvus corax principalis Ridgw. 
NORTHERN Raven; “Crow.” 
Common permanent resident. 
While the American Crow is rare and limited to the southern part of 
Labrador the Raven is a common resident everywhere. It breeds 
along the entire coastline and in the interior. Cartwright complained 
that Ravens stole the bait from his traps, but occasionally were caught. 
Audubon found a nest at Little Mecattina Harbor in July, 1833, with 
full-fledged young on July 29th. He speaks of seeing flocks of 40 or 
50 or more after the breeding season. Coues found a nest at Henley 
Harbor and Turner found them breeding at Fort Chimo. Low says 
they are a common resident throughout the interior and Spreadborough 
found them in pairs throughout the country. He shot one at Lake 
Mistassini on May 30, 1885. 
We saw two Ravens at West St. Modest, one at Henley Harbor, 
one at Snug Harbor, three at Great Caribou Island, and two or three 
at Cape Charles. At Great Caribou Island on July 27th, we found 
the nest of a pair of these birds on a cliff on the westerly side of the 
island. The nest was in an inaccessible recess about 80 feet above 
the base of the cliff and 20 or 30 feet from the top. It was as 
large as a great clothes-basket and made of twisted and weather- 
bleached branches of fir and spruce. The rocks about were painted 
white with excrements. A full-fledged young was clinging to the 
rocks near, fluttering its wings to be fed, while the old ones which at 
first flew about croaking at our intrusion, carefully kept out of gun- 
shot and disappeared. The old birds were everywhere very wary. 
Mr. Schmitt has recorded the breeding of Ravens at Nain in mid- 
April. 
Corvus brachyrhynchos C. L. Brehm. 
AMERICAN CRow. 
Uncommon summer resident on the southern coast. 
Audubon noted a few Crows on the southern coast. Stearns said 
a few were occasionally to be seen as far north and east as Esquimaux 
River. Frazar said Crows were not rare along the southern coast 
and that none wintered. Palmer considered them “quite common” 
