1922] Swarth: Birds and Mammals of the Sfikine Region 231 



Creek ravens were occasionally observed, and at Great Glacier several 

 vi^ere seen. There were a few at Sergief Island, seen from time to 

 time, or heard croaking in the distance. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus Baird. Northwest Grow 

 Seen only at Sergief Island. Here, during the latter part of August 

 and the first week in September, crows were fairly abundant, usually 

 in small flocks. Young birds were still being eared for by their parents, 

 and the gatherings seen were apparently family groups, though some- 

 times two broods may have joined forces. This bird is strictly a 

 ' ' beach comber, ' ' apparently not venturing inland any distance what- 

 ever. We saw none above the mouth of the river. No specimens were 

 taken. This form appears in the A. 0. U. Check-List as a distinct 

 species, but it should be regarded as a subspecies of Corvus brachy- 

 rhynchos (cf. Rhoads, 1893, pp. 18-21; Ridgway, 1904, p. 272; Ober- 

 holser, 1919a, p. 84) . 



Euphagus carolinus (Miiller). Rusty Blackbird 

 Breeding in the vicinity of Telegraph Creek. There were several 

 pairs nesting about Sawmill Lake, at different points, not in any one 

 gathering or colony. A female shot June 11 was incubating eggs. 

 At Doch-da-on Creek the species was seen about some swampy meadows 

 and lakes during the latter part of July, when young birds, full grown, 

 though still in the juvenal plumage throughout, were being cared for 

 by their parents. The young sat in the willows, while the adults were 

 foraging through the swamps for the food that was hurried back to the 

 squalling youngsters as rapidly as it was found. 



Seen at one other collecting station. On Sergief Island, September 

 5, a single bird passed over my head, out of gun shot, while I was out 

 on the marsh. 



Ten specimens collected (nos. 39857-39866), an adult male and 

 female from Telegraph Creek, and eight in juvenal plumage from 

 Doeh-da-on Creek. There is an appreciable difference in appearance 

 in the two sexes in juvenal plumage. The young male is much more 

 black beneath the prevailing rusty or yellowish hue of the feather tips. 



Pinicola enucleator flammula Homeyer. Kadiak Pine Grosbeak 

 Apparently rather rare in summer in the upper Stikine Valley. "We 

 saw single birds or pairs at scattered points and at long intervals of 

 time ; they were always shy and it was with difficulty that specimens 

 were, taken. 



