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127. Corvus caurinus Baird. NORTHWEST Cupw. 

 British Columbia. John Fannin. Very abundant 



resident east and west of the Cascades; winters on the 

 coast; is smaller than C. americanud. In breeding season 

 it utters a note not unlike the coarse mewing of a 

 domestic cat. 



128. Picicorvus columbianus (Wils.) CLARKE'S NUT- 

 CRACKER. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Summer resident 

 east of the Cascades. 



Cooper, 1860. Quite abundant along the banks of the 

 Yakima River, whence it continued common northward. 

 Appeared at Vancouver during the severe cold winter of 

 January, 1854, in considerable numbers. I have never 

 seen it at any other season west of the Cascades. 



0. B. Johnson, 1880. Common in the Cascade Mount- 

 ains down to the foothills in winter. 



Fort Klamath. Lieutenant Wittich. They sometimes 

 come about the quarters, and kept about the kitchens. 



Henshaw, 1879. A constant and abundant resident 

 of the pineries. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Moderately common dur- 

 ing the winter and spring months; none during the rest 

 of the year; breeds very early in the season. On the 

 5th of May, 1875, I found young birds well able to 

 fly. " Both nests were in pine trees; one was on the 

 extremity of a branch about twenty-five feet from the 

 ground." 



Ridgway. On the Sierra Nevada most abundant; 

 found to the eastward wherever extensive coniferous 

 woods occurred. 



Hoffman. The only locality where seen during the 

 whole journey was on the northern slope of Mt. Nagle. 



Central California. L. B. Common in summer from 



