384 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
throughout the whole of Alaska. In the vicinity of St. Michael 
it is a resident in summer. (Zurner.) A resident throughout 
the province, chiefly northward and coastwise; rarer than 
formerly. (/annin.) Resident.(?) Notcommon at Chilliwack. 
The ravens found on the summit of the Coast Range, descending 
to the valley in winter, are much larger than the commoner szv- 
uatus, and have a different voice. I have no doubt they belong to 
the larger sub-species. I shot a female during the winter that was 
much larger than a male of the other form; a common winter 
resident in the Cariboo district, B.C.; tolerably common in winter 
at Lake Okanagan, B.C. (Szo0ks.) One specimen was seen at 
Indian Head, Assa., in May, 1892; others were seen at Medicine 
Hat in the spring of 1894; apparently very rare in the Rocky 
Mountains ; only one seen at Banff in the summer of I8gI ; only 
a pair seen at Revelstoke, on the Columbia River, in May, 18go ; 
a few were seen at Deer Park, Lower Arrow Lake, and others 
at Robson on the Columbia River, in June of that year; ob- 
served at Trail, Sheep Creek and Coryell, near the International 
Boundary, B.C., in the summer of 1902; occasionally seen near 
Chilliwack in the summer of 1901; very abundant on many parts 
of Vancouver Island, but chiefly at Comox and Nanaimo in June 
and July; they must breed in the neighbourhood ; a few also 
were seen at Barclay Sound, on the west coast of the island. 
(Spreadborough.) The call of this species was heard and we were 
told by Mr. McLean that a species of raven was not uncommon 
at the Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Vutting.) <A per- 
manent resident on the Saskatchewan, but very scarce, and only 
seen in winter in the great woods or about them. (Couwbeaux.) 
Very abundant between Athabasca Landing and Lesser Slave 
River ; an occasional specimen was seen on the Clearwater 
River, and they were not rare on Methye Portage ; common 
between Methye Lake and Isle a la Crosse; flocking with crows 
on Buffalo Lake. (/. MZ. Macoun.) Ravens were abundant in the 
Coast Range ; rare in the Bonaparte valley, at Lake la Hache, 
and at Vernon, B.C.; but at Nelson, B.C., they became abundant 
again. (Rhoads.) I sawa pair of ravens at Cape Blossom, Kotze- 
bue Sound, Alaska, August Ist, 1898, and several were seen along 
the lower course of the Kowak later in the month. An abundant 
and well known scavenger. It congregates about the streets of 
Sitka and along the beaches with as much familiarity as the black 
vulture does in the south. I did not learn of its breeding any- 
