One came flying over with an a8x>an lauf In its hill and proceeded to 
shake this about « haninered it on a limb and linail^ dropped it* 
All of these birds were molting at this tizae* Joall parties ofteii oame 
dov)i and jabbered at whb while 1 was colleotlug insoots or wording over 
other specimenb. 
27. Corruii sinu^^tus (Warier) 
jbxzcrican Kavuu. 
Havens were nesting on tlie sandstone cliffs bolov/ iiaigaichi Poziic 
at Ked I^uco on Simo 27 and as we were brea'xlijg cuiap in t)io morning the 
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harah voicod calls of the young birds wyre heurd On tJio uuOToit 
of tiie Chaaoa Jount&lns Kavens were oummon. One Juaa aaverbi 
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lies of young ■nor© obaarved feeding on thd ground in broii.a op«n iaountnln 
meadows* In one oj^aning four of these groups were counted i»ud on one oo 
oasion wlien I oame upon several ravens resting near noon In somo pines 
and shot an adult female as she flew out I had 40 havens circling above 
me at one time* The young birds feeding on the ground were deliberate 
in their actions w&lflng slowly and stopping for considerable intorvale 
to Ihok about. Occasionally one ran or hopped for a few stei?s after 
some escaping Insect but otherwise Uiey were very quiet* hticks and 
oovehipe v/ere turned ovor with their bills in their search for food* 
The notes of the young showed some variation from the usual uaws aiid 
croaks of their parents* lUpeciman) 
38* Kucifraga columblana (Wilson) 
Clarice’s nutcracker* 
This fine bird was fairly common among the fellow Pines on the 
summit of the Shusoa Uountains but was so shy that it was difficult to 
They delisted in perching in the tops of tall dead pines 
find them. 
