THE OREGON NATURAEIST. 



All persons having any items on the Bob- 

 White are requeste<l to send their obser- 

 vations to the president before Feb. 20 '96. 



Answers to the following questions are 

 earnestly desired from any one interested, 

 especially those in whose locality the bird is 

 found. 



When was the Bob-white first introduced 



into Oregon? In what part of the state 

 is it now found ? What other parts of the 

 coast do they inhabit? Are the birds in- 

 creasing in number? 



The work of the association for March 

 will be on the four species of partridge in 

 the list of Oregon birds, viz: Mt Partridge 

 Plumed Partridge, California Partridge, 

 and Valley Partridge. 



What evidence is there, that each of the 

 above birds inhabit Oregon ? 



What is the distinguishing feature of 

 the Plumed and Mountain Partridge? 



How far north has the Valley and Cal- 

 ifornia Partridge been found ? 



Is there any record of the eggs of these 

 two species being taken in Oregon ? 



Any answers to the above questions or 

 any other items of interest should be sent 

 to the president not later than March 20th 



The cooperation of all western ornith- 

 ologists is earnestly desired in order to 

 make the report of any value in determin- 

 ing the distribution of the above species. 



Report of the President of the North- 

 western Ornithological Association for 

 the Year 1896. 



According to the Constitution this report 

 is to consist of two parts - first, a report of 

 the work accomplished during the year, - 

 second, of the work to be accomplished 

 the coming year. 



The main work done by the association 

 the past year is the compilation of a list of 

 Oregon birds, numbering 254 species and 

 sub-species publication of which was be- 

 gun in November number of our Official 



Organ. The most complete list of the 

 birds of Oregon heretofore published was 

 a list of the birds of Washington County 

 by A. W. Anthony published in the "^Z"^-" 

 for April 1886, which contained 119 species 

 and sub-species. So the association can 

 justly claim to have accomplished a work 

 of considerable value and importance, al- 

 though the list as now compiled does not 

 contain all the species to be found in the 

 state, probably by at least fifty species. 



In addition to compiling the list of 

 Oregon birds, the association has publish- 

 ed articles on several Oregon birds, compil- 

 ed from notes sent in by the members. An 

 article on Gambel's Sparrow was publish- 

 ed in the May number of our Official Organ 

 one on Rusty Song Sparrow in June num- 

 ber, and one on Oregon Junco in July 

 number. There were no notes sent in 

 which would justify compiling articles on 

 the birds which were chosen for June, 

 July, August and September work. It is 

 to be regretted that so few of the members 

 sent in notes for the monthly work adopted 

 by the association. We have enough 

 members to make valuable and interesting 

 articles, if only all would send in a few 

 notes. We cannot expect to accomplish 

 good work unless all will co-operate and 

 each one do what he is abie. 



As to work to be attended to the coming 

 year there is any amount of it. First will 

 be the plan of work for the year which 

 will be adopted at this meeting. Next 

 in importance will be the enlargement of 

 our list of Oregon birds. There are a large 

 number of species on our list of which 

 it is not stated whether they are common 

 or rare, resident or visitant, whether they 

 are found in every part of the state or only 

 in one locality. These details should be 

 ascertained and published to make the list 

 of The most value. New species should al- 

 so be added to the list as rapidly as possible. 

 But this work cannot be completed in a 

 year, or in two years. It will take a 



