160 Wyoming Experiment Station. 



um. Their No.' 62243 reads "taken at Shoshone lake by Dr. 

 C. Hart Merriam." 



478 b. Cyanocitta stelleri diademata (Bonap.). 

 Long-crested Jay. 



Owing to the numerous references to the Long-crested 

 Jay, by all of the early and some of the recent collectors, I 

 place it conditionally among the Wyoming birds. If it belongs 

 to Wyoming it will be found only along the southern boundary 

 of the state. 



487. Corvus cryptoleucus Couch. 

 White-necked Raven. 



Rare, so far as known. The Wyoming record is based 

 upon the observation of C. E. Aiken (Am. Nat., VII, 1873, 16) 

 Cheyenne, Wyo. He also states in his article in Pr. Bost. Soc, 

 1872, 203, "Very common along the base of the mountains." 

 No other collector has found this raven in the state. 



509. Scolecophagus carolinus (Mull.). 

 Rusty Blackbird. 



It is with^ some hesitancy that I place this among the Wyo- 

 ming birds. Yet the data seem unquestionable and come from 

 high authority. Dr. Brewer in his communication to Boston 

 Society of Natural History, 1872, p. 193, which was data se- 

 cured by Holden and Aiken, in the vicinity of Sherman, has 

 the following note: "The character of the region of Sher- 

 man, which is 8,coo feet above the sea level, is dreary in the 

 extreme. It consists of several level plateaus, interspersed, with 

 canons and meadows. I found no birds plentiful with the ex- 

 ception of the Rusty Blackbird, and it was difficult to obtain 

 more than four or five specimens in a day." It is evident that 

 this was written by either Holden or Aiken. It is strange that 

 no other collector has ever taken this species in the state, and it 

 must be considered very rare. 



