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pennis], Antrostomus rufus, or Urubitinga anthracina [cancrivora]), 

 whether they were seasonal visitants (as C. aruginosus appears to be on 

 Margarita Island, and Muscivora tyrannus is on Trinidad, Tobago, 

 Grenada, and the southern Grenadines), or whether they were distinct 

 endemic species we cannot determine, nor can we judge from the other 

 genera of Psittacidae, Ara and Amazona, inhabiting these islands; for 

 Conurus is more restless in its habits, and more apt to cross wide 

 stretches of water than the species belonging to these genera, and we 

 have one West Indian species (C. pertinax) which has a peculiarly inter- 

 rupted range (St. Thomas and Curacao), a circumstance not known to 

 occur in any species of Ara or Amazona. — Austin H. Clark, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Nesting of the Raven (Corvus corax principalis) at Cumberland, Md. — 

 In mv list of birds of western Maryland (Auk, XXI, 1904, p. 234) I men- 

 tioned, besides a large permanent colony six miles from the city, a very 

 noisv pair that I had seen on Will's Mountain, right at the city limits. 

 When on a visit to this my former home last summer, I was informed by 

 my former assistants that a pair of Ravens had nested that spring in the 

 ' Narrows.' This is a highly romantic and picturesque canon in Will's 

 Mountain which otherwise runs on unbroken for many miles, and forms 

 the only outlet from Cumberland to the north, so that several railroads 

 and street car lines pass through at the bottom. I found the boy, a very 

 intelligent lad of fifteen, who had discovered and investigated the nest and- 

 taken the young ones along. He stated this to me, corroborated by others : 

 The nest was in a well nigh inaccessible place on the side of the cliff over- 

 looking the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It was built of large sticks, 

 some horsehair, rags, and in the middle much of the shredded rag put by 

 railroaders in the axle-boxes of railway cars. He went to the nest March 

 28 for the first time and found three nearly full grown young ; he thinks 

 they must have been a month old. He took two along, with the intention 

 of raising them. The old ones were very vicious, flew close to him, as 

 though wanting to strike at him, and made a great uproar. April 4 he 

 got the remaining one, which also showed fight, even for a while in cap- 

 tivity. The first two died after several weeks, being exhibited in show 

 windows, etc., but the third one was still alive August 2, when I saw it. 

 It seemed to be then somewhat attached to its master and upon his word 

 would come out of the woodshed, if no strangers were about. The old 

 ravens remained at the Narrows; I saw and heard them July 20, but they 

 made no further attempts that year at raising a brood. They evidently 

 must have lost a good deal of their fear of man, for the upper edge of 

 these cliffs is almost daily visited by sightseers. — C. W. G. Eifrig, 

 Ottawa, Out. 



A One-legged Crow (Corr>us brackyrhynchos). — On May 6 of last year, 

 while out in the woods with a friend, he shot a crow out of a tall, slender 



