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seen flying over the lake. Several unsuccessful attempts were 

 made to secure specimens. The American raven appears to be 

 generally distributed over the ilathead region. 



It was represented near the Station by a pair that frequented 

 the swampy woods at the right of the mouth of Swan Eiver. 

 These were noted regTilarly when we visited the locality named, 

 and frequent efforts were made to capture one, but the wary 

 creatures invariably kept well beyond shotgun range, generally 

 flying away with hoarse croakings to another part of their 

 claimed domain when we entered the area anywhere near them. 



488. AMEEICAN CEOW, Corvus americanus Aud. 



Not listed at Sin-yale-a-min Lake, but noted frequently in 

 the woods near the inlet of McDonald Lake. On one occasion 

 four or five were observed in a group in the tree-tops at the 

 upper end of McDonald Lake. 



It was regularly noted in our lists, both at Crow Creek and 

 at the foot of Flathead Lake. It was most generally observed 

 in the vicinity of the water-courses, where the fringing trees 

 offered more congenial re'sorts than the bare prairies of the 

 intermediate areas. 



The American crow occurs only occasionally near the Sta- 

 tion. On Jujie 30, one was seen flying over the station grounds. 

 No other notes were made concerning its occurrence in the 

 vicinity of the Station. 



491. CLAEKE'S NUTCEACKEE, Nucifraga columhiana 



(WUs.) 



No specimens of Clarke's nutcracker were seen except in our 

 ascent of the peak near Sin-yale-a-min Mountain, when the 

 flrst nutcrackers were noted at an altitude of 4,700 feet; thence 

 they were observed while we were in the timber, which ceased 

 at an elevation of 7,700 feet, owing to the bare, rocky charac- 

 ter of the ridge forming the higher regions of the mountain. 

 The hillsides surrounding the lake are probably congenial re- 

 sorts of the nutcracker, but as our observations were practi- 

 cally confined to the immediate margins of the lake, no other 

 record concerning this species was made. 



494. BOBOLINK, Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) 

 A troop of bobolinks visited our camp at Crow Creek, doubt- 



