ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



QUISCALUS PUEPUEEUS (Bartr.), var. AENEUS, Bidg. 



Bronzed Grakle. 



Quiscalus mneus, Bidg., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1SG9, 134. — Coues, Key N. A. 



Birds, 1S72, 161 (not recognized as valid). 

 Quiscalus purpureus var. ameus, Bd., Brew., & Bidg., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 218. — IIen- 



SHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874,05. — Coues, Birds 



Northwest, 1874, 203. 



May 14, these blackbirds were rather numerous on the outskirts of 

 Denver, and apparently were just about to build, as they were already 

 mated. Elsewhere in the region explored by the survey, the Bronzed Grakle 



was not found. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



«9 



$ ad. 





May 14, 1873 



H. W. Henshaw 



5.60 



4-85 



1.2S 



'•43 





Fam. OORVIDAE: Cbows. 



COBVUS COBAX, Liuu., var. CAENIVOEUS, Bartr. 

 American Raven. 



Corvus carnivorus, Bartr., Travels in Eastern Florida, 1703, 290. — Bd., P. B. B. Eep., 

 Beckwith's Route, x, 1859, 14.— Id., Birds ST. A., 1858, 500.— Id., IT. S. & 

 Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 20. — Xantus, Proc.. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1859, 192 (Fort Tejon, Cal.).— Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1859, 108 (New Mexico).— Coop. & Suckl., P. E. R. Eep., xii, pt. ii, 

 1S00, 210.— Hayd., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1802, 170.— Coues, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1800, 91 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.).— Id., ib., 18G8, 84.— 

 Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 282.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1S70, 405.— 

 Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 12. 



Corvus corax var. carnivorus, Bd., Brew., & Bidg., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 234, pi. 37, f. 6. — 

 Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheelers's Exped., 1874, 

 20.— Henshaw, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 7.— Id., An. List 

 Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 40.— Id,, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 65, 82, 122.— Woodh., Sitgreave's Exp. Zufri & 

 Col. Eiv., 1854, 78. — Henshaw, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, 05, 83, 122. 



Corvus cacalotl, Newb., P. E. E. Eep., vi, 1857, 82.— Bd., Birds N. A., 1S58, 503.— 

 Kennerly, P. B. B. Eep., Whipple's Boute, x, 1859, 31, pi. xx. 



