512 ORNITHOLOGY. 



195, Sad; Camp 19, September 19, 1SG7. (Sbeep corral.) 10— 15.3— .5g— 4,\^3 

 — H— 4^ — Ig. Same remarks. 



1M,9 ad.; Gamp 19, September 19, 1867. 93— Uj^— IVi— 4— »— IJ— S}?— 1^. 

 Bil]. tarsi, and toes, black ; iris, light reddish hazel. 



198, S ad.; Gamp 19, September 20, 1807. (Sheep corral.) 10— 16— 5t?,.— 4^^— 

 ja_]j_4|— lit. Bill, tarsi, and toes, deep black ; iris, ichitish sulphur yelloir. 



L'05, Sad./Camp 19, September 21, 1867. 9A—14}|— 5—41—3— 1^"^;— 3^—1 g. 

 Bill, tarsi, and toes, black ; iris, light hrowniahhazel. 



2QQ,9ad.; Gamp 19, September 21, 1867. 9i— 143— 4}^— 4J^— 3— l^'g— 33— li. 

 Iris, deep (not ligbt) hazel. 



789 (4), 790 (6), 791 (4), 792, 793, 794, 795, 79G, 797, 79S, nests and eggs; near 

 Truckee Reservation, June 3, 1868. 



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

 1869. Nest in bush by stream. 



1278 (4), 1279 (2), nests and eggs; Parley's Park (VVahsatch Mountains), Utah, 

 June 24, 1869. Nests in cotton-woods, along stream; supported against the trunk by 

 small twigs. 



1424, $ ad.; Parley's Park, June 17, 1809. 10^-191. Bill, tarsi, and toes, black ; 

 iris, while. 



1462, Spiv.; Parley's Park, July 28, 1869. 10—16.1. Bill, legs, and feet, black; 

 iris, grayish yellowish-white. 



Family CORVIDiE— Crows and Jays. 



CORVUS COR^VX. 

 Raven. 



/?. carnivonis — American Bavcn. 

 (Kah'-gdik of the Waslioes; Ah'-dah of the Paiutes; Ilih of the Shcshones.) 



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

 1858, 560; Gat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 423.— Cooper, Orn. Gal., 1, 1870, 282. 



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

 XXXVII, fig. 6.— Henshaw, 1875, 324. 



Corvus corax (var.?), GOUES, Key, 1872, 162. 



Corvus corax, GouES, Check List, 1873, No. 226; Birds N.W., 1874, 204. 



Corvus cacalotl, Wagler, Isis, 1831, 527.— Baird, Birds N. Am., 1S58, 563; Cat. 

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



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

 Great Basin, over which it appears to be universally distribnted, 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 



