THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



Naturalist, shall be sent free to all 

 members, who are not in arrears. The 

 meeting was then adjourned until 2 p. m. 



In the afternoon session the following 

 papers were read, each one being followed 

 by an interesting discussion. Thi Sooty 

 Grouse by Ellis F. Hadley; The Oregon 

 Vesper Sparrow by Harvey M. Hoskins; 

 Nesting of the Red-breasted Sapsucker by 

 Fred H. Andrus: (the author being absent, 

 it was read by the secretary;)- and the 

 American Bittern and Nashville Warbler 

 by C. W. Swallow, Mr. Benj. Rnop also 

 gave an interesting talk on the globules of 

 the blood as a means of determining the 

 familyto whicha bird belonged. Hest ited 

 that the shape of the globules of the blood, 

 of one species of bird was precisely the 

 same shape as those in the blood of another 

 species of the same family "Thus" he 

 said " the Magpie of America was 

 shown to be of the same family as the 

 Bird of Paradise of New Guinea." 



After reading of the papers, officers v/ere 

 elected for the ensuing year as follows. 



President, William L. Finley, Portland, 

 Or., first vice president, Ellis F. Hadley, 

 Dayton, Or., second vice president Guy 

 Stryker, Milwaukee, Or., secretary, 

 Arthur L.Pope, McMinnville Or., treasurer, 

 D. C. Bard, Portland Or., It was decided 

 to hold the third annual meeting at Salem, 

 Oregon. 



A LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 



NORTHWESTERN 



ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



January i 1896. 

 Omission of date indicates a founder. 

 Honorary Member. 

 A. W. Anthony, SanDiego, Cal. 1894 



Active Members. 

 Andrus, Fred H. Elkton, Oregon 

 Averill, A. B. Portland, 

 Bohlman, H. T. Portland, " 



Brazee, A. J. Portland, Or. 

 Bard, D. C- Portland, Or. 

 Cheney, G. B. Oregon, City, Or. 

 Cauthorn, Dr. Frank. Portland, Or. 

 Finley, Wm. L. Portland, Or. 

 Gibson, J. M..McMinnville Or. 

 Haines, Robt W. Baker, City. Or. 

 Hadley, Ellis F Dayton, Or. 

 Hoskins, Harvey M. Newberg, Or. 

 Malleis, W. B. Cedar Mills, Or. 

 Pope, Arthur L. McMinnville, Or. 

 Peck, Geo. D. Salem, Or. 

 Pfluger, C F. Portland, Or. 

 Stryker, S.Rey. Milwaukee, Or. 

 Stryker. Guy. Milwaukee, Or. 

 Swallow, C. W. Willsburg,Or. 

 Washburn, Prof. F. L. Eugene, Or. 

 Weeks, D. F. Portland, Or. 



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TME AMERICAN BITTERN 



(Botaurus Lentiginosus) 



and 



NASHVILLE WARBLER 



(Helminlhophila Ruficapilla.) 



Read at the second annual meeting of the N. 



O. A. at Portland, Oregon, by C. W. Swallow: 



1894 g 



As both of these birds are more especially 

 eastern species, my description of them may not 

 be ju5>t in line with the object of this meeting, 

 but I hope it may be of intrest to some present. 



The American Bittern is one of those birds 

 that is known by various common names in 

 diflerent localities. It is called Post-driver. 

 Stake-driver, Indian-hen, Bog-bull, Thunder- 

 pumper, and I presume has still other names. 

 Its range is given by Coues as the entire Tem- 

 perate America and South to Central America. 

 I have never seen the bird myself west of the 

 Rockies. In the New England States it is a 

 common summer resident. It is a low ground 

 dweller, haunting tlie bogs and meadows, nest- 

 ing in some thick tangle of bushes, weeds or 

 rass. Its nest is little more than a rude pile 

 of sticks and roots, making a kind of platform 

 for its three to five grayish-brown eggs. The 



