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weather come into the gardens and 

 barn-yai-ds in quest of food. At thess 

 times many are caught in traps. 



405 Pileated Woodpecker, Ceophlceus 

 piteattm. Seen occasionally in the dense 

 wooded tlistricts. A very retired spe- 

 Vies. 



413 Red-shafted Ficker, Colaptes ca- 

 fer. Exceedingly common the whole 

 season. 



485 Oregon Jay, Pen'sorcns obscunis. 

 Very common. The plumage of this 

 bird is less brilliant than its eastern 

 relative, the Blue Jay. 



486 Am. Raven, Corvus corn sinuatus. 

 A few seen, generally near some dead 

 carcas. Measurements of one specimen 

 secured by me was Alar spread four 

 feet, length 26 inches. They breed 

 mostly in J^astern Orogon. 



501b Western Meadow Lark, Slum- 

 ella magna ncglecta. Very common, 

 seen in small flocks the entire season. 



581e Rusty Long S})arrow, Melospiza 

 fasciatd guttata. Quite common, gen- 

 erally seen in the early morning. 



588l> Oregon Towhee, Pipilo macula- 

 ttis orcgonus. Oregon Ground Robin, 

 as it is familiarly known here is very 

 abundant and may be seen in almost 

 any thick hedge or brush heap. 



722a Western Winter Wren, Troglo- 

 dytes hiemalis pacificus. Quite com- 

 mon in tlie partially cleared districts, 

 and seen mostly near some small 

 stream. 



761a Western Robin, Merula migra- 

 toria j}ropinqua. Very plentiful and 

 seen the whole season, especially in the 

 early morning, when they may be seen 

 in larger numbers, leaving their nest- 

 ing place. I have observed several 

 Robin roosts in this locality. 



762 Mountain Robin, occasionally 

 .seen in snudl flocks in montainous re- 

 gions and in dense fir groves. This 

 l;ii'd is exceedingly sly. 



701 Am. Dipi)er, C'inclus mexicanus. 

 Quite plenty along the rivers and small 

 streams, where they may be seen stand- 



ing on some rock just covered with 

 water, bobbing up and down in an ex- 

 ceedingly grotesque manner. 



767 Bluebird, Sialia mexicanits. Ob- 

 served in Nov., '90 generally in pairs, 

 but uncommon at this date. This bird 

 much resembles the Eastern Blue Bird, 

 only being much lighter in color. 



*** Cala. Crow, Crvous americanufi 

 hesperis. Very common. Seen the en- 

 tire season and in large numbers. 



Several species of Woodpeckers were 

 also observed, but not being sufficiently 

 acquainted with them I omit them from 

 above list. Also a few Nuthatchs and 

 WaJ'blers. 



Dr. a. G. Phill, 

 Sweet Home, Ore. 



Broad-winged Hawk. 

 ( Biitco lati^sin us.) 



The Broad-winged Hawk is generally 

 distributed over the eastern portion of 

 North America, but seems nowhere 

 common. It prefers the low swampj' 

 woods for breeding and feeds mostly 

 on frogs, and small quadrupeds, occa- 

 sionally varying its diet with a small 

 bird. 



This Hawk is much more easy to ap- 

 proach than is the Red-shouldered or 

 Red-tailed, and is prosecuted fully as 

 much by the farmers, who know all 

 Hawks as "Chicken" and '"Hen-hawks" 

 and show no mercy to any. It is prob- 

 able that when all the Hawks have been 

 driven away or exterminated, the far- 

 mer will awaken to the fact that Hawks 

 are of some use, but it is useless to 

 argue this point with them, for they 

 will at once launch oS" into yarns about 

 devastated poultry yards, and still con- 

 tinue to punish Buteo for the capers of 

 the wily Accipiter. 



Tlie measurements of the egg of this 

 bird are greatly overestimated by au- 

 thors, being given by one as from 2 x 

 1.70 to 2.15 X 1.73 inches. Dr. Coues, in 

 his "Key" gives measurements as 2.00 x 

 1.60 Langille, in "Oiu- Birds in Their 



