COKVID.E — THE CHOWS. 



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On tlicir ;inival llifv iisspinlilc in immense Uncks, ami the noise tlicy 

 make lie ileserilu's as a nmst disconlant, CdntiMuoiis, i^M'atini; elattrr, intensilird 

 at times into a ix-iitrt sinick. Tlie.se ius^semldies last ultoiii a week, atUr 

 which they sepaiatf in pairs. 



A nest of this hinl was lonml hy Mi. Lord in the top of a lofty pine at least 

 two hundretl irft hi;^h, — lelletl in euttiui:; the honndary line. I Jy chance 

 he disc(>vered the nest, ahout which the ohl Itirds were hovering', leaving no 

 doubt of its identity. I'his nest was very hirj.,'e and composed of fir twin's, 

 bits of baik, the leaves (»f the ]>ine, tine root-tibres, with small ]tieces of 

 moss, and 'Ma V lichens mixed cardesslv with the other materials. It was 

 shallow ami round, and ]tresented a lar^e extent of surface beyoinl the mar- 

 j^ins of the hollow containing the e;ius. The eu.tj;s wen; in fragments, much 

 like the e;igs of Stellers day in color, but of a lighter >hade of bluish-^reen. 

 He thinks that their habit is to build in tlu* very tallest ]>ines. 



I)r. Kenncrly also met with this ("row west of AlltU([uer<|ue, in \ew 

 Mexico, in the thick }>ine wo(kIs skirtinjj; the eastern sl(t|)e <»f the Rocky 

 Mountains, where it was »piitc abundant. He rarely saw more than two or 

 three to<j;ether. None were met with after leaving' the mountains. 



A single si»eeinien of this crow was obtained at Sitka, by Uischoff. 



(Jexis GYMNOKITTA, Pr. Max. 



GiimnorhiiiuK, V\\. Max. Htis.- Ndnl. Ahmt. II, 1S41, 21. (Tyji', f/. ciinvx'rphala.) 



HiimnokUto, V\\. ^\\\. ''\b:<\^," i\\\.\\. 



('i)i(uoaji]uih(>i, Btt.N.vi'. " lS-12," jtrt'occuiiirtl in llotany. 



Gkn. Ciiai:. bill eloiiL'atcd. drprcsstMl. .vhorter than the tarsu<, li^iiL-'er than tliL- head, 

 without notch, similar to that of StnnnUd in shajte. Cnlincn nearly straiirht ; com- 

 missure curved; gonys ascending. Nostrils small, oval, eiuirely exposed, tlie Ijri^tiy 



Gyninnkittn riinnnr/phnla. 



feathers at the base of the hill heinL' vci y minute. Tail short, nearly even, nuich shorter 

 than the jiointed wings, which cover three fourths of the tail. Tarsi considerably longer 

 than the middle toe. Color of the single species blue, most intense anteriorly: the throat 

 streaked with white. • . 



