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The song note of this bird is "tung-tung-tungah-til'lah tung"; its alarm 

 note ' ' tuck ' ' ; anxiety note ' ' tyar. " It is in this bird's singing that it differs 

 mostly from the Eastern meadow lark. 



Family Fringillid^: Finches, Sparrows, etc. 

 Genus Coccopthraustes. 

 514a. Coccopthraustes vespertinus montanus Ridgw. Western Evening 

 grossbeak. Common at Soleduck Hot Sulphur Springs; elevation 

 3600 feet. 



Description: Under parts and forehead bright yellow, the former shad- 

 ing into lemon yellow; crown, wings and tail black; rest of upper parts 

 olive; white patch on wing. 



Genus Loxia. 



521. Loxia curvirostra minor Brehm. Crossbill. Common on mainland; 



also visits Carrol islet and Destruction island. 



Description: General color of plumage dull red, shading to bright red on 

 rump; under parts shaded with gray; tail and wings dusky. Length of bird 

 5. The bill is the distinguishing feature; the tips are crossed in adults. 



522. Loxia leucoptera Gmel. White-winged crossbill. Common in the 



middle mountain district, at the Soleduck Hot Springs. Here 

 they are very numerous and very tame. I have seen them eat off 

 of a man's back, the man posing on purpose to see just how tame 

 they were. They seemed to be totally fearless. To-day they 

 were there and to-morrow they were gone, and again they would 

 come in flocks. 



Description: Similar in color of plumage to 521 above, but of a more 

 rose red and occasionally tinged with yellow orange; wing with two white 

 bands. 



Nest not seen, as the writer's two trips at the springs were in August 

 each year, after the breeding season was over. 



Genus Passer. 

 — . Passer domesticus Linn. English sparrow. An occasional stray visits 

 the region to the west of the Olympics; common on the "sound" 

 side of these mountains. 



Genus Chondestes. 

 522a. Chondestes grammacus strigatus Swains. Western Lark sparrow. 

 Common. 



Description: Tail blackish brown with white corners; under parts white; 

 upper parts of body brownish gray, streaked with blackish; head streaked 

 with black and white, with chestnut patch on sides. Length of bird 6. 



Nests in the region, but nest not seen by the writer. 



Genus Zonotrichia. 

 557. Zonotrichia coronata Pall. Golden-crowned sparrow. Common in 

 migration. 



Description: Head striped; central stripe yellow in front, ash gray be- 

 hind; rest of head stripes black; under parts generally gray; upper parts 

 of body generally olive brown, streaked with black and blackish brown; 

 tail and rump plain; wing banded with two white bands. Length of bird 

 about 7. 



