25G NoIlTII A.MKHICAX JMKD.S. 



Si". ("iiAH. Tail n)iiii(Ii'(l or iiioilcralrly j^rndiiiilcil. ilic cldscil wiiiirs ri'iirliiiijr nearly to 

 its lip. l''i)nrlh i|iiill loiiy'i'st ; srcoiiil ('oiisiijcnilily slioi'lcr than llie sixlli. (iiMH'ral (•oior 

 lilnisli-asli, clianninu' "ii ll'o nasal Icatiicrs, llic liirclicail, siijcs nf iiriid (rspi'cially aroniitl 

 liie eye), and cliin, to white. The \viMj,'s, ineliidinj,' tlieir inner sinl'ace, irreenish-hiaek, 

 the sei'oiidarii'S and tertiais, execpt liic innerniost, hroadly lipiiecl witli white; tail wliite, 

 the inner wel) ol' liie lillli leather and the whole of the .--ixlh. with the upper lail-eoverls, 

 <,'reenisii-lilaek. The axillars phinilieons-lilaek. liill and I'eot hlaek. Yonuf; similar in 

 color, without additional niai-kinj,'s of any kind. The fjonys, however, convex, and the 

 hill irenerally more like that ol'lhc Jays. Lcnf,'lh olinalc (fresh), I'J.IMI; win;,', T.tJtt; tail, 

 4..i(l; tarsn.s l.'JO. 



Jl.VM. From Rocky Monnlains to I'acilie. East to b'oit Kearney, north to Sitka, 

 sontli to Arizona. 



TIaimts. C'lui'kii's Crow was first mot witli by tlie jmrties roiiiposiiio- the 

 CL'k'liriittitl exploring ])iirty U) tlio llucky Mouiitiiiiis iiiulcr tins iliructidii of 

 Lowis and Clarkf. It wan descrilied l»y Wil.sun in IS 11, wIki \va.s in- 

 Ibrniud l)y individuals Inddnoin^if U> tlie cxpi'dition tlnit tliuso hirds were 

 found iidmliitin,i; tiio slioivs of tlio Colniiiliia and tiit" adjaci-nt ('(iiintry in 

 j^rcat iniinln'i's, fri'i|nentinj,' the rivers and sL-a-siiorc, and tiiat it sucnied to 

 ]ia\i' all the noi.sy and orejfarions lialiils oi' tliu I'omnion Crow of Kiirope. 



In liis atrount of this siiucics, Mr. Xiittall states that dnriiii,' his jonrnoy 

 \vostwar(l in the month of duly, he tirst observed individuals of this iiird in 

 a small ojrove of i)ines on tiie iiorders of liear h'iver, near wliere it falls into 

 Lake Tiinpanaoos. Tliis was tit a height of alMint .seven thousand feet 

 above, the ,sea level, and in the 42d paralhd. Tiieir habit.s iipj eared to him 

 to correspond witli tIio.se of tlie Xiiltaaekers of Kurope. 



lie afterwards saw a considerable tlock of the yomir!; birds early in iVti- 

 oiist, in a hd'ty ravine near tht^ Tliree iJtiites, a remarkal)le isolated monntaiu 

 o;rotip about forty miles west of the F^ewis Itiver. They appeared somewhat 

 .shy, imd were scattered thronj,di a o;rove of a.spens, flyino, with a slij,dit 

 chatter, from the to])s of bushes and trees, to the oround. lie was of the 

 opinion that tliis species never descends I)elowtlie mountain jdain.s, but that 

 it has a constant jiredilection for the pine forests. 



Mr. Townsend afterwards found this species abundant on the ]>lue .A[oun- 

 tains of Ore<.fon. He ilescril)es its Hiyht us very unlike that of ii Crow, 

 beinij; performed in Jerks, in the niamier of a Woodpecker. At times, when 

 sitlino;, it is .said to keej) u]» a constant .scream, in a very harsh and oratino' 

 voice, and in an unvaried and i)rolono;ed tone. Tie states that it breeds in 

 very high pine-trees, and that he did not meet with it within live hundred 

 miles of tlie Columbia liiver. 



Mr. Kidgway found this species one of tlit^ most abundant birds of the 

 pine forests of tiie Si(!rra Xevada. East t)f this ran.oe it was also met with, 

 though only in smaller nunibors, in the cedar and ]iinon woods of the Eiist 

 Humboldt Mountains. He ailds that it is a bird .so curiou.sly striking as 

 at once to attract attention. It bears but >ery little rtisemblance to any 

 bird of its family, and in its general appciiranee, llight, ;ind notes tijiproaches 



