, rill': NORTHERN RA\F.?I. 



extent. .111(1 ilisputc witii the iil>ii|iiit"iiis Indian <1m); tlic cliaiice at decayed fish 

 and t)fi"al. 



Altliu by force i»f circumstances driven to acce]>t shelter and nesting sites 

 in the dense forests of the western (31yni])ic slojx?, the Raven is a great lover 

 of the sea-cliffs and of all wild scenery. Stormy days are his esjKxial delight 

 and he soars about in the teeth of the gale, exulting, like Lear, in the tumult : 

 "Hlow winds, and crack your checks!" The sable bird is rather majestic on 

 the wing, and he soars aloft at times with something of the motion and ilignity 

 of the Kagle. But the Corvine character is complex : and its gravest re|)resen- 

 tatives do some astonishingly l)oyish things. For instance, according to 

 Nelson, they will take sea-urchins high in air and drop them on the cliffs, 

 for no l)etter reason, apparently, than to hear them smash. Or. again, they 

 will catch the luckless urchins in mid-air with all the delight of schooI-lx>ys 

 at toni-ball. 



Xests arc to Ik; found midway of sea-cliffi in studiously inaccessible 

 places, or else high in evergreen trees. Eggs, to the number of five or six. 

 are de])osited in April: and the young are fed upon the choicest which the 

 (egg) market affords. W'c shall need to apologize occasionally for the short- 

 comings of our favorites, and we confess at the outset to shameless incon- 

 sistency: for even bird rillaiiis are dear to us. if they l)e not too Ixid. and 

 especialiv if their b.ulncss lie not directed against us. Who would wish to 

 see this Ixild, black brigand, savage, cunning, and unscrupulous as he is. dis- 

 ap|)ear entirely from our shores? He is the deep shadow of the world's 

 chiaroscuro: and what were white, pray, without black by which to meas- 

 ure it ? 



Llallam (.oynty. 



I'OI.NTOK THE AKCIIKS (.KOUP, A CU AUACTF.KIS 1 IC MALM OV 



H.'ioto by Ihe .Imlhor. 

 ill: KAVEN. 



