Birds of Oregon and Washington 175 



an intelligent interest, and mingle our admira- 

 tion with our reprobation. 



These States have two varieties of the Crow, 

 the American, common to the East and the 

 West ; and the Northwest, peculiar to this terri- 

 tory. The Northwest Crow is somewhat smaller 

 than the American Crow, and more uniform in 

 size — length, sixteen to seventeen inches — 

 while its plumage is less glossy. The American 

 measures from seventeen to twenty-one inches. 

 The Northwest Crow is found almost exclusively 

 upon the sea-shore and in its habits is a good 

 deal like the Fish Crow of the East. 



The Crow nests high, in a rude nest made of 

 sticks, with little of comfort for her young. 



Permanent resident. 



THE AMERICAN RAVEN. 



The Raven has been made forever famous, 

 and will always be associated with the weird, 

 through Poe's great poem. No one can under- 

 stand the poem and how the Raven came to be 

 associated with melancholy and despair, till he 

 has heard the ordinary cry of this secluded 

 bird. In the mountains of eastern Tennessee, I 



