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the State since then, and these were seen only in winter. 

 A few have been seen going from Nevada to California 

 in fall. 



Newberry. A constant feature in all parts of the 

 country traversed. 



0. B. Johnson, 1880. Not rare in the vicinity of 

 Forest Grove. 



Cooper, 1860. On the barren arid plains east of the 

 Cascades they were very common, while the common 

 crow was rarely seen. At Vancouver, however, in win- 

 ter, I observed them amicably associating together. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Very abundant 

 resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. More or less common everywhere 

 save in the higher mountains. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. A common resident. 



Hoffman. Everywhere more or less abundant, and a 

 permanent resident. [Nevada.] 



Ridgway. One of the most characteristic species of 

 the Great Basin over which it appears to be universally 

 distributed. We did not see it in the Sacramento Valley. 



126. Corvus americanus Aud. AMERICAN CROW. 



San Diego. Common resident; breeds in canons and 

 valleys a few miles from the coast, probably very rare 

 in Lower California and only in the extreme north. 

 L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Common in favorable local- 

 ities; breeds here. Volcan Mountains, August 21 to 

 November 28, common. 



Volcan Mountains. \V. O.Emerson. Seen occasion- 

 ally in winter. There was a large rookery in a valley 

 at the base of the mountain. 



San Bernardino. F.Stephens. Common resident of 

 the valley. 



