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where about Sitka. {Grinnell.) Very abundant on Queen Char- 

 lotte Islands, B.C. Only moderately common in Cook's Inlet, 

 Alaska. {Osgood.) Of all the birds we met with the raven 

 occurred most regularly. It was noted from Wrangell, up the 

 Lynn Canal, over the White Pass, and down the whole length of 

 the Yukon. {Bishop.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have a set of six eggs that were taken at 

 Peel's River, Mackenzie Delta, on April 27th, 1900. The nest 

 was a large structure of sticks and weeds lined with animal fur, 

 and built on top of a spruce tree. {W.Raine.) 



museum specimens. 



Three ; one taken in Quebec by Mr. Trudeau ; one at Petrie 

 Island, Ont., by Mr. Coursolle, and one at Revelstoke, B.C., by 

 Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



Parts of four sets of eggs. One perfect set of five eggs taken 

 in the Gasperaux valley, N.S., on March 22nd, 1902. The nest 

 was in a large hemlock tree about 50 feet from the ground. It 

 was composed of sticks and lined with wool and coarse grass 

 stems, and seemed to have been long in occupation, as it had 

 been repaired year after year. Two of the other eggs were taken 

 in Nova Scotia, arid the other five at Artillery Lake, northeast of 

 Great Slave Lake, by Mr. Fairchild. 



■488. American Crow. 



Corvus americanus Aud. 1834. 



Rare in Labrador ; only found in southern portions ; Stearns 

 reports it from Eskimo River ; Verrill records it as common on 

 Anticosti ; not known to breed in Labrador. {Packard^ A com- 

 mon migrant in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) A common resident in 

 Nova Scotia. {Downs.) Common all winter in Cumberland Co., 

 N.S. {C. H. Morrell.) Common around the shores of Cape Breton 

 Island, 1898 ; also on the shores of Prince Edward Island, 1888. 

 {Macoun.) A common resident at Sydney, Cape Breton Island. 

 Eggs taken April 15th, 1901. {C. R. Harte.) Exceeding abun- 

 dant throughout the year. King's Co., N.S. {H. Tufts.) Nowhere 

 have I ever seen crows more abundant and so tame as on Prince 

 Edward Island. {Divight.) An abundant summer resident in New 

 Brunswick. {Chamberlain.) Local in the Restigouche valley. 

 N.B. {Brittain & Cox.) Abundant and breeding on all the Mag- 



