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Pipilo Oregonus, Bell. 



THE OREGON GEOTJND-EOBIN. 



Pipi/n Oreijnnus, Bell, Ann. N. Y. Lye. V. IS.ia, C (Oregon). — Newberry, P. R. Rep. VI. 



iv. 89. — B.viRD, V. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 51.5. — Cooper and Slckley, XII. iii. Zool. 



of W. T. 206. 

 Frinijilla arcticn, Audcbok, Orn. Biog. V. 18.39,49; pi. .394. — Pipilo nrctica, Audubon, 



Syn. 18.39, 12.3. Ib. Birds Amur. III. 1841, 164 ; pi. 194 (not of Swainson). 



Sp. Char. Upper surface generally, with the head and neck all round to the upper 

 part of the breast, deep black ; the rest of the lower parts pure white, except the sides of 

 the body and under tail eovert.s, which are light chestnut brown ; the latter rather paler. 

 The outer webs of scapulars (usually edged narrowly with black), and of the superincum- 

 bent feathers of the back, with a rounded white spot at the entl of the outer webs of the 



P. Oregonus. 



greater ami niiildle coverts ; the outer edges of the innermost tertials, white ; no white at 

 the base of the primaries. Outer web of the first tail feather black, occasionally white on 

 the extreme edge ; the outer three with a white tip to the inner web. 



Female, with the black replaced by brownish. Length, 8.25 ; extent, 10.2.5 ; wing, 3.40 ; 

 tail, 4.00. Iris red ; bill black ; feet brown. 



Hah. Coast of Oregon and Washington Territories. Northern California ? 



I have introduced the de.sciiption of tliis species liere, becau.se it doubtless 

 is found in the northern parts of the State, and the higher Sierra Nevada, 

 where I have seen birds which I supposed to be of this species. In habits 

 and notes I have never observed any diflerence between this and P. maja- 

 lonyx, both liaving the complaining " mew," from which they have obtained 

 the name of " cat-Viird " on this coast, though entirely different in ever'ything 

 else from the Eastern cat-liird. The head of this species is scarcely dis- 

 tinguishable from that of P. ■mcf/alon>/.r, to which we therefore refer for illus- 

 tration of it. 



]Mr. J. K. Lord mentions finding a nest of this species (or perhaps P. arc- 

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