DHE OREGON, NAGRALIST. 
‘showing decoration on reverse 
side; actual size. 
—_ 
Oo 2 
. 3 Outline showing thickness, 
perforated through the center with a small 
hole, probably for suspending from a belt 
when not in use. It is rudely decorated 
with lines and dots, and has a groove 
running around the edge. Besides these, 
1 found numerous arrow and spear heads 
and the top section of a skull. My lim- 
ited time before proceeding to the moun- 
tains prevented further search, but my 
short quest was highly gratifying. 
EDs SGHLOTH. 
103 
THE PHOEBE: 
The following remarks are taken from 
my notes and those of Fritz Raymond my 
int mate friend and companion on many an 
ooiogical excursion and camping trip. 
Sayornis Phoebe is an abundant spring 
and summer resident in this section, and 
begins nesting in early May. The first 
nest that come under my notice during 
1894 was found by my friend Fritz. — It 
was Duiitoa the sloping bank of a rail- 
road cut in the bare clay under a project- 
ing rock. From it he took a set of. five 
pure white eggs which I know was the 
full set. Opposite their nest on the 
other side of the cut, | found a nest on a 
shelf of rock, protected by the overhang- 
ing bank. When |! found this nest it did 
not have any eggsinit, but a week after 
it contained one egg. The next day noth- 
ing, and the day foHowing one egg, 
this state of affairs continued for some 
time, every alternate day an egg; then 
S2veral days elaps:d between the appear- 
ance of the egg. What became of the eggs 
I do not know, but I have often thought 
ihat a snake crawled out of the crevice 
behind the nest and devoured them, or 
more probabiy a blue jay was the author 
of the mischief. 
The avdove in itseif is not scientifically 
worth anything, but it shows the peculiar 
hold the bird keeps on its nest. I have 
S2en nest after nest destroyed, which were 
rebuilt by the patient bird. I have seen 
the bird stay on the nest until within a 
tew feet of it, and in one instance, saw 
a nest approached and the bird lifted off 
with the hand. When disturbed on the 
nest it flies off with a plaintive ‘“‘pweet’’ 
and nervously flits about in the Vicinity 
of the nest. 
All the nests which have come under 
my observation, and the number is not a 
few answer to this description: general 
