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Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus Baird. Northwest Crow. 
The beach crow, as this species is most aptly ealled locally, 
was found common throughout most of the sea-coast regions vis- 
ited. On Admiralty Island it was common at Windfall Harbor, 
where it nested in trees on the small islands. It was numerous 
at Mole Harbor, but at Hasselbore Lake, in the interior of Ad- 
miralty Island, but one was seen, thus emphasizing the fact of 
its predilection for salt water. At Killisnoo Dixon records it 
as abundant and acting as town scavenger. Stephens noted 
beach crows in flocks at Red Bluff Bay, Rodman Bay, and Bear 
Bay, Baranof Island. They were noted on both shores of Gla- 
cier Bay. At Hawk Inlet, Admiralty Island, August 1 to 9, 
there were many young; though full-grown, their parents were 
still feeding them. On Chichagof Island, the species was numer- 
ous at Idaho Inlet and Port Frederick. At Hooniah, June 21 
to 27, Dixon reeords beach crows as abundant. ‘‘ Youne were 
just out of the nest and very noisy, and the old crows were kept 
busy gathering marine stuff from the tide flats. When a crow 
found a clam too big to break he would take it in his beak and 
fly over to a boulder that stood out in the flat. When he was 
twenty-five or thirty feet above the rock, he would drop the clam, 
and the shell usually broke when it struek the rock. Sometimes 
it took several trials to break the shell. Some rocks were seen 
that were almost surrounded by a ring of the broken shells.’’ 
This is an interesting confirmation of the similar story told of 
the erow’s near relative, the raven. 
Five adult specimens (Nos. 115-119) of the Northwest crow 
were preserved, all from Admiralty Island, April 24 to May 28. 
Pinicola enucleator flammula Homeyer. 
Kadiak Pine Grosbeak. 
Six specimens were obtained on Chichagof Island (Nos. 281- 
-256). Of all these, but 
one from each locality was a male in bright plumage. The red 
286), and five at Glacier Bay (Nos. 25 
of these approaches an orange-vermilion rather than a burnt 
carmine, as in pine grosbeaks from northern Alaska. The grays 
