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to get around. More collecting was done at camp than at any other 

 place. Once Prin. Silloway shot a Townsend's solitaire, a very inter- 

 esting catch. It fell five hundred feet down a cliff, entailing a half 

 hour's work to find it and recover the ground lost. Unidentified rap- 

 tores circled above him in perfect disregard of futile efforts to secure 

 them, as he describes in his report. 



As usual at our camping places, the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macu- 

 laria L., was common along the shores of the lake, un the slopes toward 

 McDonald and elsewhere on the hills Richardson's grouse, Dendagapus 

 obscurus richardsoni Dougl., was not infrequent. Franklin's grouse, the 

 fool hen of popular reputation, was common in the vicinity, Dendragapus 

 franklini Dougl. The gray ruffed grouse or pheasant. Bonasa umbellus 

 umbel loides Dougl., was common in the thickets along the water courses. 

 The sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter velox Wils., was found regularly near 

 the lake. Accipiter cooper! Bonap., Cooper's hawk, was common along 

 the cliffs of the lake, but were on such inaccessible pinnacles that they 

 could not be taken. The western red-tail, Buteo borealis calurus Cass., 

 the American rough-legged hawk, Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis 

 Gmel., and the desert sparrow hawk, Faico sparverius deserticolus 

 Mearns, were all seen about the lake. The only owl observed was the 

 western horned owl, Bubo virginianus subarcticus Hoy, which is common 

 in all the woodlands of the region. Its mournful note was not infre- 

 quently heard in the evening or at night. 



A single pair of kingfishers, Ceryle alcyon Linn., seemed to have 

 charge of the lake, and worked industriously at the inlet at the upper 

 end of the lake, where the diverging streams from the main source made 

 the fishing excellent. 



Five woodpeckers in all were taken at McDonald lake. One specimen 

 of the alpine woodpecker, Picoides americanus dorsaljs Baird, was taken 

 near camp. The rednaped sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius nuchalls Baird, 

 is a common resident near the lake. The pileated woodpecker, Ceophloeus 

 pileatus Linn., was heard several times near camp, and notwithstanding 

 much shooting two were taken almost from the tent door. This large 

 and beautiful bird is reputed to be shy of man. It has been taken through- 

 out the Mission range, and nowhere does it appear as shy as is reputed. 

 Lewis's woodpecker is common in the valley below the lake, and in the 

 tall pines is one of the most common and conspicuous birds. Every 

 where the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes cafer Gmel., is common. 



Occasionally at nightfall the western night-hawk, Chordeiles virgini- 

 anus henryi Cass., was seen flying about. The rufous hummingbird, Selas- 

 phorus rufus Gmel., was a frequent visitor to the flowers near camp, and 

 was a delightful bird to see. Along the rocky wall of the mountain the 

 calliope hummingbird was several times observed, without doubt, among 

 the flowers growing along the small water courses dashing over the side 

 of the mountain. 



The western wood pewee, Contopus richardsonii Swains., and Traill's 

 flycatcher, Empidonax trailii Aud., were the insect catching birds other 

 than warblers taken at this camp. 



The American magpie. Pica pica hudsonica Sab., the black-headed 

 jay, Cyanocitta steileri annectens Baird, and the American raven, Corvus 



