The Birds of El Paso County, Colorado 537 



wanders lower down, and has even been seen in the streets of 

 Colorado Springs. It comes about the houses of the care 

 takers of the Colorado Springs water system in the mountains, 

 at 10,000-11,000 feet, to pick up what scraps may be thrown 

 out, and at times becomes very tame and familiar. It is quite 

 easy to induce them to take food from one's fingers. They 

 carry off more than they eat, presumably hiding and storing 

 it for future use. 



Corvus corax sinuatus. Raven. 



Resident. 



A few pairs of Ravens are resident on Pike's Peak about 

 timberline, where it is said they are increasing in numbers and 

 are supposed to breed in the "Crater." They are seen occa- 

 sionally by occupants of the house on the summit and one was 

 killed there by J. G. Hiestand in the autumn of 1912. It has 

 been noticed near Seven Lakes in January and on Bison Creek, 

 near Clyde, in September. In, winter they may descend to the 

 plains at rare intervals, probably less often than 40 years ago. 

 Several reports of a "crow" or "raven" seen have come to 

 Aiken within the past few years, but the descriptions were not 

 sufficiently accurate to make identification positive. One was 

 caught in a trap and brought to Aiken in 1901, and Dr. W. W. 

 Arnold kept one as a pet for two or three years which had 

 been brought to him with a broken wing. 



Corvus cryptoleucus. White-necked Raven. 



Formerly a common resident, now unknown in the County. 



The following quotation from Henshaw's Report on the 

 Ornithology of the Wheeler Surveys published in 1875, gives 

 an account of its former occurrence and habits : 



Mr. Aiken communicates the following: 



"It seems to me not a little singular that I should have 

 been the first to detect the presence of this bird in Colorado, 



