50 University of California Publications in Zoology [Vol. 10 



Average of Four Adult Males from Humboldt Bay, California 



Wing Tail C'ulmen Tarsus 



333.75 123.37 18.25 30.87 



Average of Four Adult Females from Humboldt Bay, California 

 132.25 124.0 18.25 31.12 



Corvus corax principalis Ridgway 

 Northern Raven 



Nootka Sound was the only place where ravens were seen in 

 any numbers. Here, both at Friendly Cove and on the Tahsis 

 Canal, they were very abundant, feeding in flocks on the mud 

 Mats and along the beaches. Two specimens were secured on 

 August 1, juvenals. molting into the first winter plumage (nos. 

 15835, 15836). 



At Beaver Creek a few were seen at different times during 

 June, probably not more than five or six altogether. They were 

 not observed elsewhere. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus Baird 

 Northwestern Crow 



Common everywhere near salt water but not observed at any 

 point very far inland. .Miss Alexander saw them at Parksville, 

 April 25. and I met with them in numbers at Nanaimo, on 

 June 8. At Nootka Sound there were numerous good-sized flocks 

 feeding on the mud flats at low tide, frequently in company with 

 the ravens. 



The only inland point where crows were met with was at our 

 camp near Errington, about five miles from the coast. Early in 

 the morning of September 26 large flocks, numbering probably 

 several hundred individuals, suddenly appeared and* settled on 

 the trees in the vicinity. After a stay of several hours they 

 departed, but as they flew directly northward this can hardly be 

 considered as indicative of any regular migratory movement. 



Agelaius phoeniceus caurinus Ridgway 

 Northwestern Redwing 



.Miss Kellogg shot five red-winged blackbirds, three males and 

 two females (nos. 15837-15841 ) on the Little Qualicum River, 



