118 NUK'l'il AMERKWK FAUNA. [no.16. 



57. Contopus borealis. Olixe-sidcd I'lycatclier. 



Coiimion at Wagon (Jaiiii). wiierc sevei'iil ])airs reared families early 

 in the seasou, and where, on July I'l', ^liss Merriam saw a parent bird 

 feediug young: in the nest, which was in a tir tree ."50 to 40 feet from the 

 ground. In July the spet-ies was also seen at Sisson, and in ]\lud 

 Creek Canyon near the mouth of Clear Creek, on the north side of the 

 mountain. 



58. Contopus richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. 



A fairly common breeder at Sisson, where Florence A. Merriam saw 

 old birds feeding young in the nest (in a fir tree) July IT). 



59. Empidonax difficilis. Western Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



On duly -'.> I shot one in a thicdict of (dicrry bushes {GcrtisK.s emnr- 

 ginnt(i) on the boundary between the Canadian and Transition zones, a 

 little west of Wagon Camj), where it was doubtless breeding. 



60. Empidonax hammondi. iranimond Flycatcdier. 



A connnon breeder near Wagon Camj), in the lower edge of the 

 Shasta firs, where several were collected late in July. Near Sijuaw 

 Creek Camj), at the upi)er edge of the Shasta firs, one was shot August 

 21, and in ]\Iu(l Creek Canyon at the mouth of Clear Creek, one was 

 shot August 7. 



(il. Empidonax wrighti. Wright Flycatcher. 



( )n(' was shot at ^Vagon Camp July 24 by riohn H. Sage. 



»j-!. Otocoris alpestris merrilli. Dusky Horned Lark. 



Common in places in Shasta Valley, particularly about Montague, 

 where a number were secured by Walter K. Fisher. This is doubtless 

 the form rei>orted by C. li. Townsend, under the name nd/ra, as 

 found "in linnted numbers on the sage-covered districts north of Mtmnt 

 Shasta in nndsummer." The locality referred to, he tells me, is in 

 Shasta Valley, about 15 miles Irom the mountain. 



03. Pica pica hudsonica. Magpi<'. 



One was seen Hying over the east side of Shasta Valley, near Sheep 

 Kock. Septend)er 29 by A'ernon l>ailey and W. II. Osgood. 



64. Cyanocitta stelleri. StelUn- Jay. 



The form of Stelier jay ol'tlH^ Shasta, region is inteiincdialc between 

 true sfelleri and the Siena. snbs]»('cics, /Vf>>//a//,s'. 



It is one of the eomnionest, noisiest, and best-lvnown birds of tiie, 

 region. Early in the season it was rarely seen above the lower part of 

 the Canadian zone, and was n'ost numerous in the Transition; but on 

 August 2 one came all the way uj* to Sipniw Creek ( "amp. in I he ali)ine 

 hemlocks, and a few days later ;i smnll lloel^ was encountered, S(;reani- 

 ing, ill Mud Creek Canyon at tlie mouth of ""lear ('reek. The latter 

 half of Sei>tember they wenM-omnion at hi^li altilndes and paid (hiily 

 visits to our camp (111 np|»cr Sipia w ( 're<'k. At Sisson. a|iitai('iit ly, I liey 

 are always common. 



