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Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus Baird. Northwestern Crow. 



A common species nearly everywhere, though seklom seen 

 far from tide water. It was noted at the following points : 

 Kupreanof, Kuiu, Prince of Wales, Coronation, AYarren, Dall, 

 Duke, Revillagigedo, Etolin, Wrangell, Zarenibo and Mitkof 

 islands, and at Boca de Quadra, Chickamin River, Bradfield 

 Canal, Thomas Bay, and the Taku River, on the mainland. 

 Curiously enough the species was not seen at all at Port Snetti- 

 sham. 



At Three-mile Arm, Kuiu Island, a colony occupied a small 

 island in the bay. They vigorously resented the appearance of 

 any raven or eagle in the vicinity, the whole flock turning out to 

 battle with the intruder, who was always glad to beat a hasty 

 retreat. At ]\Iarten Arm, Boca de Quadra, a colony of about 

 fifteen pairs of birds occupied an isolated clump of spruce trees, 

 about an acre in extent, in the midst of meadow land. The nests 

 were built at varying heights, from thirty feet up, and were 

 usually placed on a large limb, and against the trunk of the 

 tree. At this time — June 9-14 — they were all occupied by young 

 birds. At Portage Cove, Revillagigedo Island, at the end of June, 

 many young birds were out flying around, but still attended by 

 their parents. 



At Etolin Island crows were excessively abundant along the 

 beach. Here they were continually observed feeding on clams in 

 the manner already reported by Dixon (see Grinnell, 1909, p. 

 222), flying in the air with the mollusc so as to drop it on the 

 rocks and break the shell. 



At Bradfield Canal they were common, and many old nests 

 were observed in a corner of the woods. On the Taku River 

 in September the species was abundant, and at this time gathered 

 in large flocks, sometimes of a hundred or more individuals. 



Two specimens of the beach crow were collected, an adult 

 male from Boca de Quadra, June 12 (no. 9763), and a juvenal 

 female from Etolin Island, July 6 (no. 9764). 



Euphagus carolinus (Miiller). Rusty Blackbird. 



Hasselborg reported a single specimen seen at Freshwater 

 Bay, Chichagof Island, on November 25. He is familiar with the 



