m'cAULEY on birds of the red river of TEXAS. 669 



Icterus Baltimore, (L.) Daud. — Baltimore Oriole. 



Occasionally noted along Wolf Greek and other beautifully wooded 

 streams. 



Icterus bullocki, (Sw.) Bp. — Bulloc¥s Oriole. 



A very few specimens observed, same locality as last: neither species 

 as numerous as I. spurius. 



J?*J QuisCALUS MACRURUS, Sw. — Great-tailed Grackle. 



Sev^eral specimens observed along McClellan Oreekanditi otlierplaces, 



CORVID^. . 



OoRTUS CORAX, Linn. — Raven. 



_^As may be imagined, this most striking of the Corvidm was frequently 

 seen. Xo place could be found that would better suit its preferences 

 for a habitat than the great Llano Estacado, Fearfully monotonous, 

 and with solitude as its main characteristic, rarely crossed by man, save 

 in a few portions where the marches may be made to strike water, it is 

 perfectly congenial to the Raven, offering adequate sustenance in the 

 carcasses of animals that are often too numerous to be pleasant to the 

 traveler. 



CoRVUS CRYPTOLEUCUS, Couch. — White-necTied Raven. 

 More abundant than any other of the Corvidce. 



GoRVUS AMERICANUS, Aud. — Common Grow. 

 A few specimens observed along McGIellan Greek, etc. 



Pica melanoleuca hudsonica, (Sab.) All. — American Magpie. 



Gareful observations were made at different points for this species 

 without success. I had observed them in great numbers about Gar- 

 land, Golo., and in the Raton Range near Fort LTnion, N. Mex., and dur- 

 ing a horseback trip in November last had met them along the Fon- 

 taine qui Bouille at Pueblo, and frequently on the Saint Gharles, south 

 of the place. Having been recorded at altitudes lower than the Staked 



[*I deem it prudent to prefix a query to this species, which is cue of a group in 

 which identificaMons are diffie»lt,.and a bird not kuowii, I think, to occur in tho 

 United States except in maritime portions. 



The association oi Irterm bullocki with tho two eastern species of the same genus, as 

 indicated by Lieutenant McCauley's determinations of his specimens, would not, per- 

 haps, have been anticipated. — Ed. J 



