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238. American Crow. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos (Beehm,) 



Common east of Coast Range; common at Sicamous, May, 1895. Mr. 

 Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



239. Northwest Crow. 



Corvus caurinus (Baied). 



An abundant resident west of Cascade Mountains, on Mainland and Van- 

 couver Island, and fairly common at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 July, 1895. 



NUOI-FRAGA Beisson. 



240. Clarke's Nutcracker. 



Nucifrag.a columbiana (WiLS.). 



A common resident on the Mainland, chiefly east of the Coast' Range. 

 Rare on Vancouver Island. 



CYANOCEPHALUS Bonapaete. 



241. Blue Crow. Pinon Jay. 



Gyanocephal.us cyanocephalns (Wied.). 



Rocky Mountain region to the Pacific Coast Ranges, but rather more 

 southerly ; north to British Columbia ; south to Lower California. — " Key 

 to N. A. Birds (Coues), Fifth Edition." 



Family ICTERIDjE. Blackbirds, . Oeioles, etc. 

 DOLICHONYX Swainson. 



242. Bobolink. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) 



East and west of Cascade Mountains. Taken at ChiHwhack by A. C. 

 Bi'ooks. 



MOLOTHRUS Swainson. 



243. Cowbird. 



Molothrus ater (Bodd.). 



A summer resident. I have found- it fairly common in the neighbourhood 

 of Ducks, on C. P. R., and Okanagan. It is a rare siraggler on Vancouver 

 Island ; it has been taken near Victoria. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilli- 

 whack. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it rare at Metlakaila, 



