SECOND ANNUAL MEETING 75 



514. Corcothrauxtrs vrspertiiins (Cooper). — Evening Grosbeak. October 

 27, I was fortunate in securing- a male and two females of the Evening- 

 Grosbeak. I saw about twenty. T am snre they are rare with us, though 

 1 am so little in the canyon at that season that I ought not to speak 

 confidently. 



559a. Si)izella inouticola oclwacca (Brewst.). — Western Tree Sparrow. 

 October 15, I shot the Western Tree Sparrow at Kennedj^ and had it 

 identified at Washington. 



561. Spizella pnllida (Swains.). — (lay-colored Sparrow. Is mentioned by 

 two reporters in our list as arriving- in May and October. It was the 

 most common bird in the brush at Long Pine, Augaist 25, this year. 



563r/. Spizclla ptisilla arenacca (Chadb.). — Western Field Sparrow. We 

 were fortunate enough to find a lielated nest of the Western Field Spar- 

 row in Long Pine Canyon, where it Avas reported last year. July 11. The 

 nest contained three eg-gs. and Avas in a young oak, about eight feet 

 from the ground; the markings as described for th^i species. We took 

 several birds at the same time. 



567fl. J unco liiicvialis oregoiius (Towns.). — Oregon Junco. I said last year 

 in my notes regarding the Oregon Junco that it was doubtful whether 

 our Long Pine birds were not chiefly to be referred to the variety. I 

 find this October that they are about as abundant with us as the com- 

 mon Junco. 



597a. Guiraca ccrnileo laziila (Lesson). — Western Blue Grosbeak. Sep- 

 tember S, I took a female Western Blue Grosbeak at Kennedy. I must 

 confess that the species and variety seem to me a little mixed. Mine 

 is all right as to size but the wing bands agree better with the descri]i- 

 tion of the species; while one in the iiossession of Will Smith at Long 

 Pine, taken in breeding season has the size of the species and the wing 

 markings of the variety. We run up against a large subject that is not 

 yet settled in Botany nor in Ornithology. 



633. Tireo hcllii (Aud.).— Bell's Yireo. Was identified by Mr. Merritt 

 Carj', in Long Pine Canyon, August 25. but was too smart for us, and we 

 failed to prove the contention. 



6Sla. Gcothh/pis trirJias occidcntrilis (Brewst.). — Western Yellow-throat. 

 September 10, I shot the Western Marj'land Yellow-throat at Kennedy 

 — a bird new to me. 



These fe^v notes indicate what might be done in our field by a person 

 better trained to the work, with younger eyes, and niind not Avholly 

 taken up with field botany, as mine is in my spare moments. The notes 

 are worthy of preservation, no doubt, but I question whether they ought 

 to take the valuable time of this assemblv. 



