426 Mr. E. Adams on the Birds of Michalaski. 
The Snow-Bunting. Plectrophanes nivalis (Gould). 
E-mdr~o-slik, Eski. 
[Plectrophanes nivalis, Dali & Bann. p. 282.] 
In tlie beginning of October these birds arrived in flocks, 
which remain, feeding upon the grass-seeds on the hills, until 
the middle of January. After this time only a few scattered 
individuals are met with; and by March they are all gone, 
exept a very few that remain to breed on the tops of the 
highest hills. 
+- Haven. Cormis corax. 
JoMi-kok, Eski. 
[Corvus carnivorus, Dali & Bann. p. 285.] 
Two or three Havens are to be seen about every native 
village all the year, where they dispute with the dogs for 
scraps of fish and meat. In the autumn they pilfer vast 
quantities of fish from the stages near the fishing-grounds, 
and occasionally surprise a mouse or small bird. In winter 
they roost during night in the sea-cliffs, generally selecting 
a well-sheltered nook, to which they return every evening. 
They breed also in the cliffs; and in June I saw three full- 
fledged young, which had been procured there shortly before. 
Two of these were black; but the other was an albino. It 
was of a very light stone-colour, with white beak, legs, and 
claws ; the shafts of the quill-feathers white; iris blue. The 
natives told me they had seen one some years before. They 
were keeping this as a pet. 
Whiskey Jack. Garridas canadensis. 
Kobdrno, Eski. 
[Perisoreus canadensis, Dali & Bann. p. 286.] 
This bird is not found in the immediate neighbourhood of 
Michalaski; but thirty miles to the northward the volcanic 
rock gives place to sandstone, and here the dwarf bushes attain 
the height of thirty feet, many of the birches increase to trees, 
and the white spruce first makes its appearance. This is the 
favourite country of this bird ; and wdierever a native hut has 
been erected in the woods he makes his appearance, in com¬ 
pany with the Black-cap Tit. Three or four are to be seen 
