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*Gray Jay i Pcrisoreus obscurus griseus, Ridgwi. 

 East of the Coast and Cascade Ranges. 



CORVUS ( Linmviis . 

 Northern Raven \Corrm corax principalis, Ridgwi. 



A resident throughout the Province ; more common on the Coast 

 Taken at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



American Crow (Corvux brachyrhynchos, Brehm). 



Common east of Coast Range. Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



Northwest Crow (('onus canrinus, Baird). 



An abundant resident west of Cascade Mountains on Mainland 

 and Vancouver Island, and at Skidegate. Queen Charlotte Islands. 



XrciFRAGA. Brisson ) . 

 Clarke's Nutcracker (yucifraga columbiana, Wils). 



A common resident on the Mainland, chiefly east of Coast 

 Range : rare on Vancouver Island. 



CYAXOCEPHALUS. (Bonaparte). 



*Blue Crow, Pinion Jay (Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus, Wied). 

 Rocky Mountain region to the Pacific Coast Ranges. 



FAMILY ICTERIDJE. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, Etc. 



DOLICHOXYX. ( SwainsoiH . 

 *Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Linn). 



East and west of Cascade Mountains. Chilliwhack. 

 MOLOTHRUS. (Swainson).. . 



Cowbird (Molothrus ater. Bodd). 



A summer resident. Fairly common in the neighbourhood of 

 Ducks, on C. P. R., and Okanagan. Rare on Vancouver Island and 

 Metlakatla. Taken near Victoria and Chilliwhack. 



XAXTHOCEPHALUS. ( Bonaparte) . 



Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocepltalus xanthocephalus, 



Bonap). 



A rare summer resident on the Mainland. Taken at Chilli- 

 whack. 



