512 ORNITnOLOGY. 



195, iad.; Camp 19, September 19, 18C7. (Sheep corral.) 10— IGj— 5g— 4,\- ,^ 

 — IJ— 4j — If. Same remarks. 



10«, 9«rf.; Camp 19, September 19, l.S(i7. 9.^— 14{^;— 4|2— 4— ^— 1 J— .3{3— 1 J. 

 Bill, tarsi, and toe.s, black; iri.s, light reddish hazd. 



198, $ ad.; Camp 19, September 20, 1807. (Sheep corral.) \{)—\(i—-if^—Af^— 

 \% — IJ — i\ — \\\. Bill, tarsi, and toes, deep black; iris, whitinh imlphur yellotc. 



205, 5 ad.; Camp 19, September 21, 1867. 9^— 1-1}^— 5— 4J— J— 1^',^— 3^— Ig. 

 Bill, tarsi, and toes, black ; iris, Ufiht brownish hazel. 



206,9 ad.; Camp 19, September 21, 1807. 9A— Uif— 4|^— 4jL— J— Ij'g— .33— IJ. 

 Iris, deep (uot light) hazel. 



789 (4), 790 (6), 791 (4), 792, 793, 794, 795, 790, 797, 798, nests and eggs ; near 

 Truckee Reservation, June 3, 1808. 



1277, nest and eggs (3); Parley's Park (Wahsatch Mountains), Utah, June 24, 

 1809. Nest in bush by stream. 



1278 (4), 1279 (2), nests and eggs; Parley's Park (VVah.satch Mountains), UUh, 

 June 24, 18G9. Nests in cottou-woods, along stream; supported against the trunk by 

 small twigs. 



1424, i ad.; Parley's Park, June 17, 1809. lOJ— lOJ. Bill, tarsi, and toes, black ; 

 iris, while. 



1402, iJHv.; Parley's Park, July 28, 1809. 10— lOJ. Bill, leg.s, and feet, black; 

 iris, grayish yellowish white. 



Family CORVID^— Crows and Jays. 



CORVUS CORAX. 

 Raven. 



yS. carnivorus — American Raven. 

 {Kah'-gehk of the Washoes; Ah'-dah of the Paiutes; ///// of the Sho.shones.) 



Corvus carnivorus, Bartkam, Travels, Fla., 1793, 290. — Baird, Birds N. Am., 

 1858, 500; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 423.— Cooper , Orn. Cal., 1, 1870, 282. 



Corvus corax var. carnivorus, B. B. & R., Ilist. N. Am. Birds, II, 1874, 234, pi. 

 XXXVII, fig. 0. — IlENsnAW, 1875, 324. 



Corvus corax (var.?), CouES, Key, 1872, 102. 



Corvus corax, CouES, Check List, 1873, No. 220; Birds N.W., 1874, 204. 



Corvus cacalotl, Wagler, Isis, 1831, 527.— Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 503; Cat. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 424. 



This large bird is one of the most characteristic species of tlie 

 Great Basin, over which it appears to be universally distributed, no 

 desert-tract being so extensive or sterile that a: solitary Raven may not be 

 seen any day, although in such regions it is most usually observed winging 



