CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 389 



-483. Northwest Crow. 



Cotvus caurinus Baird. 1858. 



Bischoff obtained numerous specimens of this little-known bird 

 at Sitka. Dr. Bean also found it abundant at Sitka. {Nelson.) 

 Common on the small islands in the bay at Sitka, Alaska, es- 

 pecially on St. Lazaria Island, where the young and eggs of the 

 sea birds constituted its staple articles of food. {Grintiell) Com- 

 mon ; found breeding at Mount Lehman and at Ashcroft, B.C. 

 {Streator.) Chiefly west of Coast Range ; very abundant on the 

 the coast ; resident. {Fannin.) Common resident at Chilliwack, 

 B.C. {Brooks.) Very abundant from Chilliwack to Hunting- 

 ton, B.C., in 1901 ; a most abundant species on Vancouver 

 Island, living the whole year along the coasts of the island and 

 breeding in small spruce and Douglas fir trees ; in May, 1887, a 

 colony bred in small spruce on Comox spit. There may be two 

 forms of this western species, but I have never been able to satis- 

 factorily separate them. {Spreadborough) On the west coast 

 crows are abundant. In the interior of British Columbia they are 

 found in diminished numbers. Their habits and voices are essen- 

 tially the same. {Rhoads.) I have two sets of four eggs each 

 that were taken on Vancouver Island, May 12th, i88g, by Mr. 

 Fannin. {W. Razne.) Not common on Queen Charlotte Islands. 

 A flock of about thirty was seen several times near the head of 

 Cumshewa Inlet. {Osgood.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Twelve ; four taken at Agassiz, five at Chilliwack, B.C., and 

 three at Victoria, Vancouver Island, by Mr. Spreadborough. 



One set of four eggs taken on the sand spit at Comox, V.I., 

 May 3rd, 1887, by Rev. G. W. Taylor. 



CLXXII. NUCIFRAGA Brisson. 1760. 

 -491. Clarke's Nutcracker. 



Nucifraga columbiana (Wils.) Aud. 1834. 



Since the capture of a single Sitkan specimen, taken in August 

 by Bischoff, no Alaskan record of this bird has been made. 

 {Nelson.) British Columbia. {Lord.) Abundant summer resid- 

 ent throughout the coniferous forests of the interior. {Streator.) 

 A common resident east of the Coast Range ; west, but very 



