16 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 54. 



of the plumage appear sharp-cut and fresh. The wings and tail 

 show much pure white, and the yellow proper is now confined to 

 the throat and sides of head and neck. 



19. Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. — A very quiet resident. 

 The hoodlum evidently recognizes the fact that he is still in the 

 minority and deports himself accordingly. A number of the local 

 bird-lovers are unaware of his presence in the city. 



20. Junco sp. Heard repeatedly but not seen, at Silver Lake. 



21. Melospiza cinerea montana. Mountain Song Sparrow. — It 

 may be counted presumptuous to enter the lists of the trinomial- 

 ists armed only with a pair of binoculars, but I was instantly im- 

 pressed Avith the differences of a Song Sparrow seen on the 4th at 

 Garden Springs. In this bird the general tone of coloration was 

 much lighter than in typical merrilli, with which I had abundant 

 opportunity to compare it a moment later. Its ashy gray and brown 

 of head contrasted strongly. The ashy of back and scapulars was 

 very extensive, the brown areas of the feathers occupying not 

 above one-third of the total space. Under-parts clearer white; 

 streaks lighter rusty and more sharply defined, more narrow on 

 sides than in M. c. merrilli. 



22. Meicspiza cinerea merrilli. Merrill Song Sparrow. — The com- 

 mon bird, reputed to be sparinglj^ resident throughout the winter. 



23. Lanius borealis. Northern Shrike. — Heard near Medical 

 Lal-e. 



24. Dendroica auduboni. Audubon's Warbler. — Two birds were 

 seen lingering about a pleasant orchard hear the bank of the Spo- 

 kane River, Nov. 20. 



25. Cinclus mexicanus. Water Ouzel. — A pair were seen splash- 

 ing about unconcernedly at the brink of one of the local waterfalls, 

 those Samsons which are grinding out flour and power in this pris- 

 on house of Spokane's prosperity. These romantic watersprites 

 seemed singularly rut cf place amidst the prosaic bruJling of tur- 

 bines and rollers — lil<e "poor Lo" trudging bare-footed and awe- 

 stricken beneath the skyscrapers. But also, like the Red man, the 

 Ouzel was "here first.'' 



26. Certhia familiaris montana (?). Rocky Mountain Creeper. — 

 One specimen heard and seen on a pine-clad hillside at dusk. 



27. Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. — A 

 very contented dweller in pine trees, usually found associated with 

 its congeners. 



28. Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch.— Fairly common, 

 occurring singly cr in pairs as often as in the troupe. 



29. Sitta pygmaea. Pygmy Nuthatch.— Strictly social in its hab- 

 its: its twitterings are a pretty sure sign that you have come upon 

 the main army of minute bug-hunters, for which you may have 

 been searching diligently for the past hour and more. 



