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where about Sitka. (Gvrinnell.) Very abundant on Queen Char- 
lotte Islands, B.C. Only moderately common in Cook’s Inlet, 
Alaska. (Osgood.) Of all the birds we met with the raven 
occurred most regularly. It was noted from Wrangell, up the 
Lynn Canal, over the White Pass, and down the whole length of 
the Yukon. (Szshop.) 
BREEDING NoTEs.-—I have a set of six eggs that were taken at 
Peel’s River, Mackenzie Delta, on April 27th, 1900. The nest 
was a large structure of sticks and weeds lined with animal fur, 
and built on top of a spruce tree. (W. Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Three ; one taken in Quebec by Mr. Trudeau; one at Petrie 
Island, Ont., by Mr. Coursolle, and one at Revelstoke, B.C.., by 
Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
Parts of four sets of eggs. One perfect set of five eggs taken 
in the Gasperaux valley, N.S., on March 22nd, 1902. The nest 
was in a large hemlock tree about 50 feet from the ground. It 
was composed of sticks and lined with wool and coarse grass 
stems, and seemed to have been long in occupation, as it had 
been repaired year after year. Two of the other eggs were taken 
in Nova Scotia, and the other five at Artillery Lake, northeast of 
Great Slave Lake, by Mr. Fairchild. 
488. American Crow. 
Corvus americanus AUD. 1824. 
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Rare in Labrador; only found in southern portions ; Stearns 
reports it from Eskimo River; Verrill records it as common on 
Anticosti; not known to breedin Labrador. (Packard.) A com- 
mon migrant in Newfoundland. (Aceks.) A common resident in 
Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Common all winter in Cumberland Co., 
N.S. (C. H. Morrell.) Common around the shores of Cape Breton 
Island, 1898; also on the shores of Prince Edward Island, 1888. 
(Macoun.) A commons resident at Sydney, Cape Breton Island. 
Eggs taken April 15th, 1901. (C. R. Harte.) Exceeding abun- 
dant throughout the year, King’s Co.,N.S. (4. Tufts.) Nowhere 
have I ever seen crows more abundant and so tame as on Prince 
Edward Island. (Dweght.) An abundant summer resident in New 
Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Local in the Restigouche valley. 
N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Abundant and breeding on all the Mag- 
