334 KESTS AND EGGS OF 



A set of four eggs from Manatee county, Florida, taken April 15, is in my cabinet, 

 and measure 1.62x1.18, 1.62x1.19, 1.66x1.18, 1.62x1.16. Their color and markings are 

 similar to tbose of typical eggs of C. americanus. 



489. NORTHWEST CROW. Corvus caurinua Baird. Geog. Dist— Northwest 

 coast from Oregon to Kadiak, Alaska. 



The Northwestern Fish Crow is a smaller bird than the common Crow of the 

 Eastern States. In its habits it is said to be the exact counterpart of the Fish Crow 

 of the Atlantic coast. Its principal food is marine crabs or fish which it gathers along 

 the banks of rivers and the shores of lakes. Like the Raven and Herring Gull, it 

 carries clams high into the air and drops them in order to break the shell. Its nest 

 is said to be substantially like that of Corvus ossifragus, being built in evergreens 

 and oaks growing along ravines; and the eggs are indistinguishable, , Ridgway gives 

 their average sizes as 1.56x1.08. 



490. Fish Crow (After Audubon). 



490. FISH CR,OW. Corvus ossifraffus Wils. Geog. Dist— Atlantic and Gulf 

 Coasts of the United States from Long Island to Louisiana. 



