388 PROCEEDINGS; BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



Corvus corax principalis Ridgw. 

 Northern Raven; "Crow." 



Common permanent resident. 



While the American Crow is rare and limited to the southern part of 

 Labrador the Raven is a common resident everywhere. It breeds 

 along the entire coastline and in the interior. Cartwright complained 

 that Ravens stole the bait from his traps, but occasionally were caught. 

 Audubon found a nest at Little Mecattina Harbor in July, 1833, with 

 full-fledged young on July 29th. He speaks of seeing flocks of 40 or 

 50 or more after the breeding season. Coues found a nest at Henley 

 Harbor and Turner found them breeding at Fort Chimo. Low says 

 they are a common resident throughout the interior and Spreadborough 

 found them in pairs throughout the country. He shot one at Lake 

 Mistassini on May 30, 1885. 



We saw two Ravens at West St. Modest, one at Henley Harbor, 

 one at Snug Harbor, three at Great Caribou Island, and two or three 

 at Cape Charles. At Great Caribou Island on July 27th, we found 

 the nest of a pair of these birds on a cliff on the westerly side of the 

 island. The nest was in an inaccessible recess about 80 feet above 

 the base of the cliff and 20 or 30 feet from the top. It was as 

 large as a great clothes-basket and made of twisted and weather- 

 bleached branches of fir and spruce. The rocks about were painted 

 white with excrements. A full-fledged young was clinging to the 

 rocks near, fluttering its wings to be fed, while the old ones which at 

 first flew about croaking at our intrusion, carefully kept out of gun- 

 shot and disappeared. The old birds were everywhere very wary. 



Mr. Schmitt has recorded the breeding of Ravens at Nain in mid- 

 April. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos C. L. Brehm. 

 American Crow. 



Uncommon summer resident on the southern coast. 



Audubon noted a few Crows on the southern coast. Stearns said 

 a few were occasionally to be seen as far north and east as Esquimaux 

 River. Frazar said Crows were not rare along the southern coast 

 and that none wintered. Palmer considered them "quite common" 



