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of the Cascades, when a .short stop near EHensbiirg gave the 

 opportunity to see satisfactoril}^ the Mountain Song Sparrow. 

 Further along, beyond Dawson's late parish — Ahtanum — in 

 the sage bru.sh region of Toppenish, I was made glad by the 

 sight of a flock or small company of Sage Grouse as they 

 clumsil}' made way for the train. Many times during the re- 

 mainder of the day, as well as on the following day, the Sage 

 Grouse left the track on the approach of the train. The 

 The Dusky Horned Lark was the last addition to my life list 

 for the day, as we approached the Columbia River. 



vSeattle to Pasco, Wash. Aug. 10. 



California Gull. Arkansas Kinj^binl. 



Western Gull. Streaked Horned Lark. 



Bonaparte's Crull. Dusk)' Horned Lark. 



American Coot. American Magpie. 



Spotted Sandpiper. American Raven, 



Killdeer. American Crow. 



Sage Grouse. Northwest Crow. 



California Partridge. Western Meadowlark. 



Mourning Dove. ~ Brewer's Blackbird. 



Turke}- Vulture. Cassin's Purple Finch. 



Swainson's Hawk. Mountain Song Sparrow. 



Prairie Falcon. Sooty Song Sparrow. 



Richardson's Merlin. Oregon Towhee. 



Desert Sparrow Hawk. Barn Swallow. 



Belted Kingfisher. Bank Swallow. 



Lewis's Woodpecker. White-rumped Shrike. 



Northwest Flicker. Oregon Chickadee. 



\\'estern Nighthawk. Western Robin. 



Kingbird. Western Bluebird 



Daylight left us creeping over the sage brtish plains and 

 hills of south-eastern Washington, but found us again safely 

 in Montana, hemmed into the valley of the North Fork of the 

 Columbia. This was August 11, a day with manj' pleasant 

 surprises. The first surprise came while w^e were toiling up a 

 sharp grade at a slow walk. On a small pond beside the track 

 a flock of Cinnamon Teal sat undisturbed while we passed. 

 Not far bej'ond a smaller flock took wing and 'went to join the 

 others. Along the bottoms of the Flathead River Western 

 Vesper Sparrows were playing the same antics I have so often 

 seen in their eastern relatives. At Missoula Bobolinks took 



