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Willamette Valley. O. B. Johnson. Common in 

 heavy timber in winter. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. Common February 2, 

 when I arrived here. It appears to breed early, after 

 which it disappears. I took a nest March 31; the species 

 was last seen April 15. 



Cooper, 1860. Mouth of the Columbia River, March 

 1854, a small scattered flock industriously seeking in- 

 sects and seed among the spruce trees much in the man- 

 ner of the titmice. I have seen a few at Puget Sound. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Very abundant 

 resident, widely distributed over the province. On the 

 Arctic slope I have seen these birds pure white. 



Henshaw, 1879. Resident of the mountains from 

 northern California to the Columbia River; young in 

 nesting plumage 'taken near Camp Bidwell. Along the 

 upper Des Chutes River the " meat birds," as they are 

 suggestively termed, were very numerous. 



125. Corvus corax sinuatus ( Wagl.) AMERICAN RAVEN . 



San Diego. Common resident. L. B. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Tolerably common 

 resident of the valley. Agua Caliente. A pair seen, 

 probably resident. 



Cooper, 1870. Found in pairs everywhere in Califor- 

 nia and the adjacent regions. I obtained numbers at 

 Fort Mojave. 



Tehachapi. L. B. Very common here and vicinity, 

 April and March, 1889. 



Henshaw, 1876. I saw ravens on Santa Cruz Island. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Rare. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. 



L. B. Decidedly rare in Central California since I 

 began to collect and pay special attention to birds, about 

 1876. I know of but two or three pairs in this part of 



