. Birds of North Carolina . corded at various places. In Buncombe County Cairns said it was common in1891 and bred on Craggy Mountain. On Roan Mountain birds were noted nearthe summit by Rhoads in 1895. At Tryon one was seen by Loomis, February 15,1907. On Grandfather Mountain one was seen bj Metcalf, September 10, 1908, and 214 Birds of Korth Carolina Ravens were said by Wayne to breed there. {Auk, Jan., 1910, p. 85.) Bruner andFeild found ravens on Roan Mountain, June 29, 1911. Besides these definitelocahties, Brewster stated tliat in 1885 it was coniinon in the portion of the State hevisite
. Birds of North Carolina . corded at various places. In Buncombe County Cairns said it was common in1891 and bred on Craggy Mountain. On Roan Mountain birds were noted nearthe summit by Rhoads in 1895. At Tryon one was seen by Loomis, February 15,1907. On Grandfather Mountain one was seen bj Metcalf, September 10, 1908, and 214 Birds of Korth Carolina Ravens were said by Wayne to breed there. {Auk, Jan., 1910, p. 85.) Bruner andFeild found ravens on Roan Mountain, June 29, 1911. Besides these definitelocahties, Brewster stated tliat in 1885 it was coniinon in the portion of the State hevisited (parts of Macon, Jackson, Haywood, and Buncombe counties), everywhereabove 5,000 feet. There is a mounted specimen in the State Museum at Raleighwhich came from Topton, in Cherokee County, in April, 1906. It was a fully-feathered young bird ii\-hcn received, and it was kept alive for more than a its captivity its food consisted entirely of animal matter, all kinds of vege-table food being consistently FiQ. 168. NoKTiiKRK Raves. A second specimen reached the Museum on February 9, 1912. This came fromBushnell, in Swain County. It had been caught in a steel trap and died on thenight of its arrival at the The first of these two specimens was a male; the second an adult female, withovaries not showing any indication of earl} nesting. The Raven formerly inhabited the coast, and in the eighties there was a mountedspecimen in the possession of Clarke and Morgan, taxidermists, at New Bern, said Descriptive List 215 to have been taken in Craven County. H. H. Brimley saw some near Beaufort onJune 4 and 8, 1892, which appear to have been the last recorded in that region. This bird usually builds its nest on cliffs in the most inaccessible situations, thestructure being composed of large sticks, lined with coarse grass and wool. Thesame nest is used many years in succession. The eggs are four or five in number,of a pale bluish green or light olive-green, spo
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