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throughout the whole of Alaska. In the vicinity of St. Michael 

 it is a resident in summer. {Turner.) A resident throughout 

 the province, chiefly northward and coastwise ; rarer than 



formerly. {Fannin.) Resident. (?) Not common at Chilliwack. 

 The ravens found on the summit of the Coast Range, descending 

 to the valley in winter, are much larger than the commoner sin- 

 uatus, and have a different voice. I have no doubt they belong to 

 the larger sub-species. I shot a female during the winter that was 

 much larger than a male of the other form ; a common winter 

 resident in the Cariboo district, B.C.; tolerably common in winter 

 at Lake Okanagan, B.C. {Bfooks.) One specimen was seen at 



' Indian Head, Assa., in May, 1892 ; others were seen at Medicine 

 Hat in the spring of 1894 ; apparently very rare in the Rocky 

 Mountains ; only one seen at Banff in the summer of 1891 ; only 

 a pair seen at Revelstoke, on the Columbia River, in May, 1890 ; 

 a few were seen at Deer Park, Lower Arrow Lake, and others 

 at Robson on the Columbia River, in June of that year ; ob- 

 served at Trail, Sheep Creek and Coryell, near the International 

 Boundary, B.C., in the summer of 1902 ; occasionally seen near 

 Chilliwack in the summer of 1901 ; very abundant on many parts 

 of Vancouver Island, but chiefly at Comox and Nanaimo in June 

 and July; they must breed in the neighbourhood; a few also 

 were seen at Barclay Sound, on the west coast of the island. 

 {Spreadborough^ The call of this species was heard and we were 

 told by Mr. McLean that a species of raven was not uncommon 

 at the Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. {Nutting!) A per- 

 manent resident on the Saskatchewan, but very scarce, and orily 

 seen in winter in the great woods or about them. {Coubeaux.) 

 Very abundant between Athabasca Landing and Lesser Slave 

 River ; an occasional specimen was seen on the Clearwater 

 River, and they were not rare on Methye Portage ; common 

 between Methye Lake and Isle a la Crosse; flocking with crows 

 on Buffalo Lake. {J.M.Macoun.) Ravens were abundant in the 

 Coast Range ; rare in the Bonaparte valley, at Lake la Hache, 

 and at Vernon, B.C.; but at Nelson, B.C., they became abundant 

 again. {Rhoads.) I saw a pair of ravens at Cape Blossom, Kotze- 

 bue Sound, Alaska, August ist, 1898, and several were seen along 

 the lower course of the Kowak later in the month. An abundant 

 and well known scavenger. It congregates about the streets of 

 Sitka and along the beaches with as much familiarity as the black 

 vulture does in the south. I did not learn of its breeding any- 



