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station accounted for their abundance. The anchor was scarcely down 
when two or three birds calling “Haw! Haw!” or “Hawr! Hawr !” — a most 
unlovely rumpus! — came out to the ship, investigated it, and perched in 
the rigging. Ashore the ravens were a feature — and a most unpleasing 
one — of the place. Their monotonous “Haw-hawing!” resounded every- 
where. They knew all about men with guns and when one was shot the 
rest kept up such an unholy din that collecting other birds was rendered 
difficult. Many were paired and several were seen carrying off mouthfuls 
of nesting material. 
These ravens are the commonest bird about the city of Hakodate. 
They act as scavengers and are never molested. They sometimes visited 
the ship at anchor and perched aloft. At all times they could be seen in 
the air over the green hill rising above the city and in June and July they 
formed a constant scattered procession, those going up bearing mouthfuls 
of provender for the young. 
On May 30 a nest with young was seen in the garden of Mr. Alfred 
Denbigh in Hakodate. The nest was in a small pine tree near the top at 
an elevation of about 40 feet; and on this date the young were so noisy 
that they were voted a nuisance and destroyed. 
6 Hitokappu, Yetorup island, Kuril island. May 7 
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These birds differ from American birds mainly in the larger size, especially in the heavier and 
more powerful bill. The first apparently has not yet reached the full maturity and plumage of the 
other though the bill equals it in growth. Whether these birds from the Kurils are distinct from 
those of Kamchatka is difficult to determine without specimens from the latter locality. The 
distinction pointed out by Hartert of the Kuril bird having the first primary shorter than the 
seventh certainly does not hold in these two examples. On the other hand Mr. Laing notes a 
distinct difference in the voices of ravens in the two localities and these comments are left beneath 
the heading they were written under without passing any opinion as to the distinctions between 
the races. 
Corvus caurinus Baird. Northwestern Crow 
At the native village at Trout harbour, B.C.,on March 3, a number 
of crows were at home on the housetops. On March 12, about two hundred 
were at the wharf at Yakutat bay, Alaska, and on the 15th a small number 
were at Cordova. At Yakutat bay one that was shot flew some distance 
before falling in the bay and the whole crow population of the place turned 
out en masse and raised a tremendous din about it. On a fine morning at 
Cordova some of the crows were giving their spring song — also the rattle: 
“Kr-r-r-r-r-ruk-uk-uk-uk !” — the call that suggests the whirligig noise- 
maker of the circus clown. The usual contortions were noted in the song 
delivery, as seen commonly in the case of the inland crow. 
On the return, crows were seen only once, not far from Bellabella, 
B.C. 
9 Trout harbour, B.C. March 3. 
Corvus corone oriental is (Evermann). Eastern Carrion Crow. 
Clark, p. 63. Hartert, p. 12. 
Corvus corone levillantii (Lesson). Stejneger, p. 239. 
During the short visit to Petropavlovsk, April 28, a few large crows 
were noted about the harbour. Their notes were raucous and throaty in 
comparison with American crows. On May 8, at Onuma lake near Hako- 
