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Sixteen specimens collected (nos. 42209-42224), twelve in fresh fall 

 plumage. In this series there is considerable variation in the white 

 spot over the eye, one of the diagnostic features of annectens. In nine 

 specimens it is conspicuously present, in five it appears in slight 

 degree, and in two it is absent. This series was collected at what must 

 be practically the northern and western limits of the subspecies 

 annectens, and variation such as that described is presumably indica- 

 tive of intergradation toward the coastal subspecies, stelleri. In 

 dorsal coloration this series is decidedly blackish, as compared with 

 the brownish cast seen in comparable examples of stelleri; the blue 

 areas are appreciably paler, more greenish. These differences are 

 sufficiently marked to justify the allocation of the entire series to the 

 subspecies annectens despite the variation shown in one particular. 

 There is no adequate series of typical annectens available to show 

 the extent of divergence from the ordinary body color in that race. 



Perisoreus canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus). Canada Jay 

 Undoubtedly nests in the Hudsonian Zone on the mountains near 

 Ilazelton, descending into the lowlands in fall and winter. There were 

 a few Canada jays on the middle slopes of Nine-mile Mountain. A 

 young bird shot there on July 23 had nearly finished the post-juvenal 

 molt; an adult taken August 2 was nearly through the annual molt. 

 A number seen forty miles north of Ilazelton, September 12, in Hud- 

 sonian Zone surroundings. One noted in Kispiox Valley, August 31, 

 and several toward the base of Eocher D^boule, southeast of Hazelton, 

 September 22. Four specimens collected (nos. 42225-42228). 



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 Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis RidgM'ay. Western Crow 



A few crows were seen in the immediate vicinity of Hazelton 

 during the latter part of May and the first two weeks in June. None 

 was seen later in the .summer or at any other point. Four specimens 

 collected, two adult males and two adult females (nos. 42229-42232). 



Agelaius phoeniceus arctole^is Oberholser. Northern Red-wing 



An immature male that was collected in Kispiox Vallej', Septem- 

 ber 7 (no. 42233), was the only red-winged blackbird seen; its capture 

 constitutes an extreme northwestern point of record for the species. 

 This bird has a remarkably heavy bill. In depth of bill at base (14 

 millimeters) it reaches the maximum of this measurement as given 

 by Oberholser (1907, p. 335) in his description of the subspecies 

 arctolegv^. 



