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Mr. C. E. Aiken informs me that a Raven was observed by him in Lake 
county in 1871. 
Dr. A. W. Brayton, writing in 1879, informs us, “It frequents the sand 
hills along the shores of Lake Michigan from October until spring, eating 
the dead fish thrown up by the lake.” (Transactions Indiana Horticultural 
Society, 1879, p. 129). 
The winter of 1890-91 a number were taken in the eastern part of Allen 
county and adjacent parts of Ohio, and were brought to Mr. C. A. Stock- 
bridge at Fort Wayne. 
Mr. J. E. Beasley, in 1894, reported it as a rare winter visitor in Boone 
county, but he advises me that none have been seen there since that time. 
In April, 1897, I was pleased to be informed by Mr. E. J. Chansler, of 
Bicknell, Knox County, that two persons had spoken to him of the recent 
nesting of the Raven in the cliffs of Martin county, and that one person 
claimed to have taken a nest and two eggs in 1894. He says that Mr. 
Cass Stroud, of Wheatland, informs him that Ravens are moderately com- 
mon in the locality known as “Raven's Hollow,” five miles south of Shoals. 
Mr. Chansler also ascertained that it was the belief that Ravens still 
nested at “Raven’s Rock,” in Dubois county. At my request, Mr. J. R. 
Wilson, County Superintendent of Schools at Jasper, Indiana, very kindly 
undertook to make inquiries regarding this matter. He personally knew 
that Ravens were found in that county up to five years ago—1892—and 
interested two teachers in the schools of that county in the question of its 
breeding at Raven’s Rock, which was not far from their schools. Raven’s 
Rock is a sandstone cliff seventy-five or eighty feet high, the top of which 
projects about thirty-three feet beyond its sides. It is situated between 
Dubois and Ellsworth. In the sides of the cliff are shelves which are 
almost inaccessible, and on these and in the crevices in the rock the ravens 
built their nests. These nests were roughly made of large weeds and 
even sticks, lined or felted with hair or wool. The ravens have not been 
observed there the past year, but were a year or two ago and regularly 
previous to that time. 
The Raven, when flying, resembles a crow, but is much larger. They 
usually fly high and utter a harsh croak. It is claimed they were often 
seen as far as five miles from the rock. It is to be hoped that further 
investigations may be made showing the present status of the Raven as a 
bird of Indiana, and that specimens from this State may be secured for 
_ some of our collections before the birds shall have entirely disappeared. 
