amy i u.k — the cih)\vs. 



25!) 



On their iinival they iisseiiilih' in inmiense tlocks, and the noise they 

 make lie tlcserilics as a nmst ilisccadant, I'dntiiMiuus, i,'i'alin,L; clatter, intensilied 

 at times into a iicrlrct shriek. These asseniMies hist aiintit a week, al'ler 

 wliieli they separate in pairs, 



A nest tit this hinl was liamd hy Mr. Lord in the ti)p nf a Icilty jiine at least 

 twii hundred feet hij;h, — Jelled in euttini;; the Ixmndary line. r»y ehaneo 

 he discovered the nest, nhoiit which llie nld hirds were hoverinj;, leaving; no 

 doulit of its ideiitily. This nest was very lari^c and cdniiiosed ol' tir twii,'s, 

 bits ul' hark, the leaves ol' the ]>ine, fine root-tilires, with small jiieees of 

 moss, and j,fray lichens mi.xed carelessly with the otiier materials. It was 

 shallow and round, and jacsented a lari^e extent of sini'aee lieytaid the mar- 

 gins of the hollow containiiin' the I'^ys. The eiiijs were; in fragments, much 

 like the e^ys of Steller's .lay in color, hut of a li,L;hter siiade of liluish-j;reen. 

 Ho thinks that their lialiit is to huihl in the very tallest jiines. 



Dr. Kennerly also met with this Crow west of Allai(iuer<|ue, in Xew 

 Mexico, in the thick pine woods skirtiny; the eastern slo|ie of the iiocky 

 Mountains, where it was ijuite alamdant. lie I'andy saw more than two or 

 three to;,fether. None were met wiili after leaving the mountains. 



A single specimen of this (irow was ol)lained at Sitka, liy lli.schoff. 



CiATs GYMNOKITTA, I'u. M.vx. 



(I'lniinnr/diiiis, Pit. Max. IJcmsc Nciid. Aimr. 11, ISll, '21. (Typ', (!. rii'iiiixrphala.) 



(liiiitiinkittii, I'lt. .M.\x. " ]t>."iii," (Ii;av. 



<'(/(! unci ji/id/im, HiiNAi'. " 1842," incdccuiiii'il in liotany. 



Gkn. CiiAi!. Mill fliiiiiiiilcil. (l(']iii'sscil. .-liDi-liT than the tarsu-:, Idiv.'cr than llic head, 

 without iRilcii, .similar tii that of Slunicllii in shape. Cahncii iicai-ly straijrlii ; cdui- 

 missui'e curvuil ; gonvs a.scciuliii};^. Xo.'Jtrils small, oval. eMtii'dy exposcil. the l.nistly 



Gifttmnh'fta ri/nnnr/phnln. 



fcathors at tlic lin.<(' of the liill liciiiLr very miiiuto. Tail short, nearly even, much shorter 

 than the ])f)iiiti'(l wines, which cover throe fourths of the tail. Tarsi consiilcraVily lonjrer 

 than the niiilille toe. Color of the sinirle species hhie, most intense anteriorly: the throat 

 sti'(!ake(l wiili white. 



