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Sixteen specimens collected (nos. 42209-42224), twelve in fresh fall
plumage. In this series there is considerable variation in the white
spot over the eye, one of the diagnostic features of annectens. In nine
specimens it is conspicuously present, in five it appears in slight
degree, and in two it is absent. This series was collected at what must
be practically the northern and western limits of the subspecies
annectens, and variation such as that described is presumably indica-
tive of intergradation toward the coastal subspecies, steller?. In
dorsal coloration this series is decidedly blackish, as compared with
the brownish cast seen in comparable examples of stelleri; the blue
areas are appreciably paler, more greenish. ‘These differences are
sufficiently marked to justify the allocation of the entire series to the
subspecies annectens despite the variation shown in one particular.
There is no adequate series of typical annectens available to show
the extent of divergence from the ordinary body color in that race.

Perisoreus canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus). Canada Jay

Undoubtedly nests in the Hudsonian Zone on the mountains near
Hazelton, descending into the lowlands in fall and winter. There were
a few Canada jays on the middle slopes of Nine-mile Mountain. <A
young bird shot there on July 23 had nearly finished the post-juvenal
molt; an adult taken August 2 was nearly through the annual molt.
A number seen forty miles north of Hazelton, September 12. in Hud-
sonian Zone surroundings. One noted in Kispiox Valley, August 31.
and several toward the base of Rocher Déboulé, southeast of Hazelton,
September 22. Four specimens collected (nos. 42225-42228).

Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis Ridgeway. Western Crow

A few crows were seen in the immediate vicinity of Hazelton
during the latter part of May and the first two weeks in June. None
was seen later in the summer or at any other point. Four specimens
collected, two adult males and two adult females (nos. 42229-42232).

Agelaius phoeniceus arctolegus Oberholser. Northern Red-wing

An immature male that was collected in Kispiox Valley, Septem-
ber 7 (no. 42233), was the only red-winged blackbird seen ; its capture
constitutes an extreme northwestern point of record for the species.
This bird has a remarkably heavy bill. In depth of bill at base (14
millimeters) it reaches the maximum of this measurement as given
by Oberholser (1907, p. 335) in his description of the subspecies
arctolegus.