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generosity and recent field experience in this region, in connection 

 with the "Geographical Survey West of the 100th Meridian," 

 enahled him to make. 



1. Turdus migratorius propinquus, Ridgway. Western Robin. 



— Mostly a summer resident. A few stay all winter. Their food consists 

 largely of worms. Their nests are built on prairies, on the (/round, or in 

 timber, low down (Wittich). 



2. Turdus neevius (Pennant). Varied Thrush. — Early in the 

 spring the species was numerous in the aspen-trees, and a number of them 

 were shot, which were pronounced to be excellent eating by a sick lady in 

 the garrison (]\ T i/tich). 



3. Sialia mexicana, Swainson. Western Bluebird ; Mexican 

 Bluebird. — No. 3, £ ad., May, 1875. Found in low situations. Its 

 flight is undulatory, and seldom more than a few feet from the ground 

 ( Wittich). 



4. Parus montanus, ^Vimfo'/. Mountain Chickadee. — No. 4, ad., 

 May. 18 75. An abundant summer resident (Henshaw). Very common 

 in winter. In this locality they feed on the l'efuse meat from butchering, 

 as do the Magpies (Wittich). 



5. Sitta' carolinensis aculeata, Cassin. Slender-billed Nut- 

 hatch. — June, 1875 (McEldcrry).* 



6*. Sitta canadensis, Linnc. Red-bem.ied Nuthatch. — No. 78, 

 9 ad., May 9, 1878; No. 79, $ ad., May 9, 1878 ; No. 75, $ ad., 1878. 

 Found in the mountains (Wittich). Abundant (Henshaw). 



7. Sitta pygmaea, Vigors. Pigmy Nuthatch. — No. 5, ad., 1875. 

 Found in the pine-trees in the mountains, in company with the former 

 ( Wittich). 



8. Troglodytes domesticus parkmani, A udubnn. Western House 

 Wren. — A nest was found in a cavity in a mortise in the frame of a barn, 

 May 25, 1878. The 'mortise Avas too deep and narrow to allow the bird 

 to be taken off with the hand, and, in removing her with a stick, the 

 mother fought so fiercely as to break part of the eggs ; the residue being 

 secured, together with the parent (Wittich). 



Note. — The Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus, Say) has been found at 

 Klamath Lake, by Dr. J. S. Newberry.f 



9. Eremophila alpestris var. ? Shore Lark; Horned 



Lark. 



* Lieutenant Wittich observed numbers of them while encamped in the Blue 

 Mountains, Columbia Co., Washington Territory, in the winter of 1878-9. 

 This species and the following, with the Mountain Chickadee, were very 

 gentle ; sometimes visiting the interior of the tents, and subsisting upon 

 refuse from the soldiers' tables, and upon scraps of bacon placed upon trees 

 for their use. 



t Pacific Railroad Report, Vol. VI, Pfc IV, p. 80, 1859. 



