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upper parts slaty gray; throat black; rest of under parts generally rufous. 

 Length of bird about 11. 



Eggs, usually 4, greenish blue in color. 



Genus Spizella. 



36Ua. Spizella socialisarizonseCous. Western Chipping sparrow. Common. 



Description: Forehead and eye stripe black to blackish; sides of head 

 dull gray, top rufous, with an occasional median line of ashy color, white 

 line from bill passing to nape above the eye; back brownish to pale buflfy; 

 under parts white to ashy white. Length of bird about 5. 



Genus Junco. 

 567a. Junco hyemalis oreganus Towns. Oregon junco. Common at coast 

 in winter; common in the mountain districts in summer, spring 

 and fall. 



Description: Middle of back dark brown; sides pinkish brown; neck, 

 head and chest black, or nearly so; under parts of body white. Length of 

 bird about 6. 



Genus Melospiza. 



581e. Melospiza melodia morphna Oberh. Rusty Song sparrow. Common. 

 Nests everywhere, even on the islands of Tatoosh, Carrol and 

 Destruction, also James island. The Indians call it "Hus-hus" 

 or "Hus-hos. " 



Description: Upper parts rusty olive streaked with obscured black 

 streaks; flanks olivaceous; chest wavy rufous. 



Genus Passerella. , 



585a (note). Passerella iliaca fuliginosa Ridgeway. Sooty Fox sparrow. 

 This sparrow is very common, nesting both on the mainland and 

 on the islands (Tatoosh, Alexander, Carrol, Destruction and James 

 islands). 



Description: Upper parts dark reddish brown, mixed with dark slaty 

 gray; dark foxy to dark brown on tail, rump and wings; under parts white 

 to a dirty white color, marked with 'arge triangular dark brown spots that 

 converge on the breast Length of bird about 6. 



Nest: The nest is made in the crotch of some shrub three or four feet 

 above the ground in some thicket. It is usually composed of moss and leaves. 



Eggs: The eggs are speckled and blotched with brownish lilac over a gen- 

 eral bluish- grayish green. 



Genus Pipilo. 



5886. Pipilo maculatus oregonus Bell. Oregon towhee. Common. 



Description: General color of upper parts mainly black, inconspicuously 

 marked with white, especially on wings; very little white on outer tail 

 feather; belly white; sides dark rufous. Length of bird 7. 



This bird is quite shy and hides its nest far back in the woods. I hunted 

 many times for its nest, but failed to find it. The bird itself makes a mew- 

 ing sound like a cat as it flutters from bush to bush to draw one away from 

 its voung. 



This bird is sometimes called chewink, towhee bunting and marsh robin. 



Family Hirundinid.t;: Swalbws. 

 Genus Hirundo. 



613 (note). Hirundo erythrogastra palmeri Grinnell. Western Barn swal- 

 low. Common everywhere along the coast and on the islands. 



This bird is similar in color to the common barn swallow, but with a 

 smaller bill and longer wing and tail. 



