loo Tin-; Wilson l^ri.i.i-rnx — No. 49. 



W. Hylocirhla swainsonii. *01ive-l)iu'k<'d Tliiusli. Once seen. 



(57. HylocJchla guttata pallasii. "' lli-niiit Thrusli. ( 'oitnnoncst of ttf' 

 ihnisht's. 



(>S. Sialia sialis. *Bluel)ird. ("(tnimon. 



(ii>. Passer domcsticus. English SpJiiTovv. Only oner srcn in Kfiir- 

 sarfTt' villa<,'('. 



In addition to these, nineteen speeies were recoi-ded from tfie villajje 

 by four other bird-lovers, inehidin^- War))lin<j- Vireo. 



The mo.st remarkable faets are the extreme abiindanee of the Black- 

 Ihroated Green Warbler, the infrequenc}' of all war()lers and the ab- 

 sence of the Northern Panda Warbler. Scarlet Tanayer. all f Jroiise and 

 the Yellow-})ellied Saiisucker. 



AN OCTOBER ALL-DAY AT BLAINE, WASHINGTON. 



BY WILLI A:\I LEON DAWSON. 



Of course it was cloudy. That it was so instead of rainy 

 was a mark of special favor, received by the Bird- Man with 

 beconiino; gratitude, for every I03 al Puget-Sounder knows that 

 rain has the right of way from October first on. The clouds 

 formed a great leaden canopy centering over Blaine, with no 

 visible support by way of tent poles upon either horizon, but 

 with certain airy hangings and draperies at the edges which 

 not even the rising sun could thrust aside. But in his at- 

 tempt to do so the draperies caught fire, warming from saffron 

 to Saturn red and rolling up from the east in billows of flame 

 which threatened the eternal hills. Mt. Baker, our patron 

 saint and watchful sentinel, situated some fifty miles to the 

 east and south, stood apart from the conflict, but reflected 

 something of the heavenly ardor from it-s new-fallen snows- 

 until the sun fotnid a rift in the curtain of cloud and shot a 

 full glance at the mountain, whereupon it cast a huge shadow 

 athwart the sky, like the umbration of the needle upon the 

 dial. The northeast in glory and the southeast in the 

 shadow of our glorious mountain — it was worth the sacrifice 

 of a few early birds to have seen it ! 



The first half hour of indecision, from six o'clock on, was 

 spent awheel, ranging the sidewalks of the still silent town, 

 gleaning the bird-notes from orchard and garden and unre- 

 claimed ravine. The writer was just congratulating him.self" 

 upon the abundance of native birds hereabouts, undisturbed^ 



