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*Rurous Hummine-pirp (Se/asphorus rufus, Gmel.). 
By no means as common as on the Coast. A few seen at Okanagan Falls from May 3rd 
to 30th, and at Penticton from June 20th to 30th. 
*Kinesirp (Tyrannus tyrannus, Linn.). 
One of the commonest birds of the valley, arriving about the middle of May and breeding 
in June. Nests and eggs taken at Vaseaux Lake, June 11th and 1 5th ; Penticton, June 20th, 
25th, and 28th. Nests in bushes and tops of posts, etc. Lay from three to four cream- 
coloured eggs, blotched and spotted with brown and lilac, measuring 0.95 x 0.75. 
*ArKaANsAS Kinceirp (7yrannus verticalis, Say). 
Very abundant in the valley. Breeds commonly. Found nest in stable containing three 
young on May 3rd at Okanagan Falls, and a second nest with fledglings on June lth at 
Shuttleworth Creek in a pine-tree close to the trunk, about 30 feet high. 
*Say’s Puae (Sayornis sayus, Bonap.). 
Two specimens taken in sage-brush at Penticton on April 10th, and another at Okanagan 
Falls on May 5th. Breeds. 
*OLIVE-SIDED Frycarcuer (.Vuttallornis borealis, Swains.). 
One seen at MacLean Creek on May 8th. A male taken at Schoonover Mountain on 
June 6th, altitude 3,500 feet. By no'means a common bird. 
*Western Woop-PEwEE (J yiochanes ie i richardsoni, Swains.). 
Fairly common at Osoyoos, May 16th; Vaseaux Lake, May 24th ; and Penticton, June 
25th. Breeds. 
*TRAILL’s FrycatcuHer (ELmpidonas trailli trailli, Aud.). 
Common. Nests and eggs taken at Penticton on June 16th. Nests placed in rose-bushes 
about + feet from the ground, composed of fine grasses and wood-tibre, lined with cow and 
horse hair. Lay from three to four eggs, cream coloured, spotted and blotched with lilac and 
brown, mostly towards the larger end. Measure, 0.75 x 0.55. (Eggs perfectly fresh.) 
*Hammonp’s Frycearcuer (Lmpidonax hammondi, Xan.). 
Fairly common at Okanagan Falls. Taken May 4th, 15th, and June 4th at Schoonover 
Mountain, elevation 4,000 feet. 
*Wricut’s Frycarcuer (Lmpidonax wrighti, Baird.). 
Not a common bird.at Okanagan Falls on May 5th. 
*MaGpie (Pica pica hudsonia, Sab.). 
Common Very abundant from Vaseaux Lake to Osoyoos. Breeds in large colonies at 
Incameep. Nest is a large structure of sticks usually placed i in pine-trees from 15 to 40 feet 
high, often in willows, ete. Lay from seven to twelve eggs, averaging 1.25 x 0.90. Eggs taken 
on May 15th at Incameep, one set containing nine and the other seven. Nest is very bulky. 
*BLACK-HEADED Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri annectens, Baird.). 
Common throughout the valley. Breeds. Nests and eggs taken on May 2nd at 
Okanagan Falls. Nest was placed in jack-pine about 25 feet high, near the top. Composed 
of sticks and lined with wood-tibres, ete. 
*Rocky Mounrain Jay (Perisoreus canadensis capitalis, Ridg.). 
Found this fine jay fairly common near the top of Schoonover Mountain at an altitude of 
from 3,000 to 5,000 feet, in the thick tamarack and spruce belts. The birds are very shy and 
silent during the nesting season. Several specimens were taken on April 20th and three on 
June Ist. No birds were seen below 3,000 feet. 
*WestERN Crow (Corvus brachryhynchos hesperis, Ridg.). 
Very abundant throughout the valley. Nests and eggs taken at Okanagan Falls from 
April 30th to May 19th. The birds were found breeding i in numbers during “May along the 
river-bottoms, from Penticton to Osoyoos. The nests were usually placed from 15 to 30 feet 
high in alder, poplar, and willow trees. Eggs averaged about five in number, \ varying from 
black to greenish white, spotted and blotched with various shades of brown ; size, 1.60 x 1.15. 
