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main for the most part, during the autumn 
months in the cover of the firs, where they are 
found feeding on the berries and seeds of the 
numerous weeds that grow along the hedges 
androadsides. Their remoteness, and extreme 
shyness is very noticeable during this period, 
so very different from their boldness during the 
winter months. 
They are great friends of the western robin 
and are usually found feeding together, like 
old friends. 
the mountain sides and high hills, the varied 
After the first snow has fallen on 
thrush, repairs to the valleys and low-lands in 
quest of food, where he subsists on the grass 
seeds, grubs and loose kernels in the grain 
fields. 
During heavy snows and all through the 
rainy season they are found in plentiful num- 
bers about the cities and towns. 
They are not the least bit shy then, nor do 
they care at all for human beings. This man- 
ner after their retiring habits, during the pre- 
ceeding months is very noticeible. This is 
caused by hunger and hunger alone, as the 
varied thrush in not a sociable bird as a rule, 
for in summer, for instance it chooses the deep- 
est timber for a nesting place, and in every 
way clearly show it beyond all doubt. 
But as good weather again comes and the 
rainy season is at an end they linger for a 
while then leave in small flocks for their sum- 
mer home. 
Some are said to breed in the spruce forests 
in the state of Washington, and it is this fact 
leads me to think that possibly some breed in 
Oregon, especially in the higher altitudes. I 
have never yet learned of any nest being taken 
in the state, but it is at least probable. 
Its note while here is only a plaintive note, 
and once heard cannot easily be forgotten. It 
is better known while here as mountain robin, 
and swamp robin, earning its nick names from 
the localities in which it abides. It is also 
known in some localities as Alaska Robin. 
DAVID FRANKLIN WEEKS. 
Portland, Ore. 
ARTHUR LAMSON PopE, was born in Tomp- 
kins Co., N. Y. in 1876. 
menced collecting birds’ eggs, in pairs, which 
was the craze among school boys of his local- 
ity at that time. In the fall of 1890, he re- 
moved to Yamhill Co., Oregon, where he now 
In 1887 he com- 
resides. 
During his career collecting in pairs Mr. 
Pope, became a reader of ornithological maga- 
zines and about the time he came to Oregon, 
he became convinced of the evil of hap-hazard 
collecting, and became an advocate of scientific 
collecting, and subsequently developed into an 
enthusiastic ornithologist. 
Early in 1894 he started a movement to 
organize an ornithological association, in the 
northwest and with the help of Mr. D. Frank- 
lin Weeks, succeeded in organizing the North- 
western Ornithological Association, of which 
he is President. 
The subject of this sketch has always lived 
on a farm, where the birds are his companions 
the whole year and are his constant delight. 
Articles from his pen descriptive of Oregon 
bird life have been published in the Oologist, 
Nidiologist and OREGON NATURALIST. 
