THE OREGON JUNCO. 119 



(152.4-165.1 ) ; wing 3.07 (78); tail 2.80 (71.1): bill .41) ii-^-S)- Female 

 averages slightl}- smaller than male. 



Recognition Marks. — Sparrow size; white lateral tail-feathers; hood slatv 

 as compared with J. orcganus and /. 0. shiifcldti. 



Nesting. — Not known to breed in Washington. Nest and cyys as next. 



General Range. — North America, chiefly east of the Rocky Moimtains, 

 breeding in the hilly portions of the Northern States (east of the Rockies) north 

 to the Arctic Coast and west to the valleys of the Yukon and Kowak Rivers, 

 Alaska; south in winter as far as the Gulf States and sparingly over the Western 

 States to California, Arizona, etc. 



Range in Washington. — Casual during migrations: ma^• winter rarelv in 

 comjiany with J. orcyanus. 



Authorities. — Not previously piihlislied : W. T. Shaw /;( epist. Dec. i, 1908. 

 J. H. Bowles ill epist. Jan. 19, 1909. 

 Specimens. — P'. 



THIS the familiar Snow-bird of the East is occasionallv seen west of 

 the Rocky Mountains in winter and during migrations, specimens having 

 been taken at Sumas, B. C, by Mr. Allan Brooks, and at Cor\-allis, Oregon, 

 by Mr. A. R. Woodcock, in addition to the one reported front Piillman. It 

 is not impossible that the bird is more common than we have l;)een supposing, 

 because, when found, it appears to be mingling freely with flocks of allied 

 species, (|uite luiaware of the fact that such actions are of interest to inquisi- 

 tive bird-men. 



No. 47. 



OREGON JUNCO. 



A. O. U. No. 567a. Junco oreganus (Towns.). 



Synonyms. — "Oreg.\n Snow-finch." Western Snow-bird. Oregon 

 Snow-bird. Townsend's Junco. 



Description. — Adult male: Head and neck all around and chest (abruptly 

 defined along convex posterior edge) sooty black; back and scapulars and edging 

 of tertials warm reddish brown (nearly walnut brown) ; rump, upper tail-coverts 

 and middle and greater wing-coverts slaty gray or ashy gray, sometimes glossed 

 with olivaceous ; wings and tail dusky, edged with ashy ; the outermost rectrix 

 wholly and the second chiefly touched with white, the third pair touched with 

 white near tip ; sides of breast, sides and flanks stronglv washed with pinkish 

 brown ( vinaceous cinnamon); remaining underparts (below chest) white. Bill 

 pinkish white with dusky tip; iris claret red. Adidt female: Head and neck 

 all around and chest scarcely contrasting in color with upperparts but changing 

 from warm brown (bister) above to dull slaty overlaid with brownish on throat 

 and chest; brown of back (bister or dull sepia) without reddish tinge; white on 

 second rectrix not so extensive as in male; wash of sides duller, not so vinaceous. 



