272 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Corvusfrugivorus (not of Coues ex Bartram) Eidgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, 

 no. 282, part.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 340, part— Bkown, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 40 (Boerne, w. Texas).— (?) Hoffmann, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., xxi, 1882, 400 (Fort Berthold, Dakota).— Hensh aw. Auk, 

 iii, 1886, 75 (upper Pecos E., New Mexico, Oct.). 



C[orms'] fmgivorvs Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 417, part. 



Clprvus] americanus hesperis Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 362 (Fort Kla- 

 math, Oregon; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Corims americanus hesperis Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 592; 2d ed., 1896, 

 613.— Merrill, Auk, v, 1888, 262 (Fort Klamath, e. Oregon).— Fannin, 

 Check List Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 33 (e. and w. sides Cascade range, British 

 Columbia). 



Cormts caurinus (not of Baird) (?) Cooper and Sucklby, Eep. Pacific E. E. Surv., 

 xii, pt. ii, 1860, 211, part (coast Oregon).— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 285, part 

 (California; n. Eocky Mts.).— Hensh aw, Eep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 

 1876, 251 (Los Angeles, California; habits; notes). — Bendire, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1877, 123 (Camp Harney, e. Oregon).- Evermann, Auk, iii, 1886, 

 181 (Ventura Co., California; resident). 



Corvus americanm Ya,r. caurinus Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1875, 360 

 (Nevada; California). 



Corvus {americanus Y&T.) caurinus Coofer, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., vi, 1875 (1876), 197, 

 (crit.; descr. nest and eggs). 



CORVUS AMERICANUS CAURINUS (Baird). 

 NORTHWEST CROW, 



Similar to C. a. hesperis, but smaller, with relatively smaller feet. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 374.5-413 (401); wing, 274.5-292.5 

 (283.6); tail, 152-170.5 (163); exposed culmen, 43.5-49 (47); depth, 

 of bill at nostrils, 16-17.5 (16.6); tarsus, 46-53 (51); middle toe, 31.5- 

 36 (33).« 



^(^M/if/mafe.— Length (skins), 326.6-409 (381.5); wing, 256.5-284.5 

 (272); tail, 144.6-162.5 (153); exposed culmen, 41.5-47.5 (46); depth 

 of bill at nostrils, 15-17 (16); tarsus, 45-61 (48); middle toe, 28-33 

 (30.5).» 



Northwest coast of North America, from northwestern Washington 

 (Neah Bay, Puget Sound, etc.) to Kadiak Island and Alaskan penin- 

 sula (Kukak Bay). 



Corvus caurinus Baird, Eep. Pacific E. E. Surv., ix, June 29, 1858, 569 (Fort 

 Steilacoom, Washington; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); ed. 1860 (Birds N. Am.), 

 atlas, pi. 24; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 428. — Cooper and Suokley, Eep. 

 Pacific E. E. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 211, part, pi. 24 (coast Washington; 

 habits). — Dall and Bannister, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 286 (Sitka, 

 Alaska). — Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 285, part. — Finsch, Abh. Nat. Brem., 

 iii, 1872, 41 (Sitka); Journ. fiir Orn., 1883, 270 (Chilcoot and Tsetchli, 

 Alaska). — Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 248, 

 pi. 37, fig. 3.— Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 664 (Barclay 



« Sixteen specimens. ^ Fourteen specimens, 



