244 NORTH AMEUICAN BIUDS. 



IIaii. United States, from Atlantic to Paeilic ; rare in tlie Afidiile Province an<l on 

 Missonri Plains, and <in nortiiwest eiiiust. N. K. Texas (Diikssku, Ibio, 18(id, 11)4^. ^<urlU 

 to (ireat Slave Laivc, lAirt Hue, and Nelson Itiver, II. H. T. 



Tlic C. amii'icauus lias no aiialojiiio in Ktivopo, tlnjiij,'li the C. vorouc soinc- 

 wliat reseinblos it. The must impoitaut feature of distinction appears to lie 

 in the striictnro of tiie leathers of the head and neck, wiiich in V. ivroiic are 

 narrow, with the tips distinct, while in the American bird these ti])s arc 

 blended tojrether and do not maintain their individuality. Tlio feathers on 

 the fore-neck in roroiic are also lanceolate and distinct, showing,' the outline 

 of each one as in the Uaven, while in the American Crow they are three 

 times as broad, rounded, and entirely bhmded. Mr. Audid)on further 

 remarks that the neck of the European bird is glossed with green and blue, 

 while that of the American has a decided ]>urplish-brown tinge. 



Prince Maximilian states, in addition, that the note ditt'ers in the two 

 species. 



IlAitiTs. The Common Crow of North America is found in great abun- 

 dance in all the Eastern States, from Texas to Elorida, and from the Missoiu'i 

 to Nova Scotia. A few are found beyond the Great I'lains, and they also 

 extend their migrations, in summer, into high Arctic regions. Jlichardson 

 found them as far north as the 55th parallel, but was in error when he stated 

 that beyond this they do not go. He adds that none ajiproach within five or 

 six hundred miles of Hudson's Bay. They were observed at Cross Lake and 

 at Lake Wimiepeg by Mr. Kennicott, at IJig Island by Mr. Iteid, at Fort 

 Rae l)y Mr. Clarke, and at F(jrt Anderson and on the Lower Anderson liiver 

 by Mr. MacEarlaiie, who also found them l)reeding even at this high latitude. 

 Th(!y were not seen in llussian America, and Dr. Cooper thinks that the 

 species does not occur in California, or, if at all, only rarely, but that it is 

 there replaced by C. canrinm. 



Mr. liidgway found the Crow of very rare occurrence in the interior. A 

 very fevv were seen in the Truckee meadows, in Noxember, and others at the 

 Humboldt marshes, in Octolier. These western Inrds were exceedingly un- 

 suspicious and familiar, so much so that those seen in the Humboldt marshes 

 were walking al)out with all the familiarity of dom<. .tic ])igeons, oidy hop- 

 ping aside as they were ajjproached. None were seen either in spring or 

 summer. 



In Western Iowa Mr. Allen states that he saw but very few of this spe- 

 cies, and even in Northern Illinois it was not very common. At the We.st 

 this bird is reported to be held in better estimation than at the East, by the 

 farmers. It is not known to pull corn, and seems to be entirely unsusj)!- 

 cious. It is regarded generally as a benefiictor, and not only deserves, but 

 receives, good treatment. In Indiana he found it more connuon. 



Dr. Cones met with a single individual on the Labrador coast. In Nova 

 Scotia it is much more abundant, and there, as on the Western prairies, being 

 unmolested by the inhabitants, it is exceedingly unsuspicious, and will per- 



