THE OREGON NATURALIST. 51 



grass. The chickens took advaniage of this, less tliey had a large series of specimens to 



and it was soon discovered that they had killed compare them with. Take for instance the 



the last one. Flicker, it has been divided from the western 



Mr. William L. Finley, records the Mount- species, into the western and north western 



ain Partridge, as being very common in the species, and from the works on Ornithology, 



southwestern part of Oregon, in certain parts one has no way of distinguishing one from the 



of Coos and Curry counties. other; they inhabit the same territory; build 



The nesting of this bird in that locality, the same nests, and lay the same eggs; all the 



seems to be thelast of June and the first of difference claimed, is that one is a little darker 



July, and only one brood is raised. While out than the other, and an amateur has no way of 



on a hunting trip on August 9th, and loth, telling, when he collects a set of Flicker's eggs 



1895, 'he saw [^large ^numbers of these birds, in Oregon, whether he has a set of Colapates 



They were all in coveys of from ten to forty, cafer, or C. cafer sattiratior. He might 



and most of them were just about half grown, kill each bird when he took a set of their eggs, 



while some were just able to fly. The only but even then he could not determine. He 



old birds that were seen, were one or two with might send them East for identification, but it 



each covey. is a question whether he would then know any 



They are not hunted much in that locality, more about it. 

 and are quite tame. W. L. F. 



If one^is quiet for a few moments, after a ■ 



covey has been flushed, the old bird will get AN ALBINO JUNCO. 



on a log, or"; some raised place and begin ^^^ ^g^^^ jg^^^ ^,^ ^l^j^^ q^.^^^^ j^,^^^^ 



calling, and soon is answered by others of the ^^, ^^^^^^^ ^„ ^,^y ^^-^^^^ ^ j^..^^ ^^^^ ^j- 



scattered covey, and in a very short time they Oregon Juncos. Its under parts were pure 



are all together again. ^j^j^^. ^pp^^. p^^.^^ ^^^^^ colored; head and 



The Mountain Partridge, is the only species ^^^,^.^ ^j^j^j^ ^^^ generally black, were a very 



of the partridge that was seen in that locality, ^gj^j ^^^.^ ^i^g^ ^^^ ^^H ^(^jj^. ^^ j,^^ ^,^^j^ ^^ 



An effort has been made to find the differ- j^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^.^ ^^^^^^ ,.j„g ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^f 



ence between the Mountain Partridge and the j^^ mandibles, which was blown. It seemed 



Plumed Partridge, as they are given as separ- ^^ ^^ j^ f.^^ ^y^^^^^^ ^nd good health, 

 ate species, but no distinction has been reported. Ellis F Hadley 



They are probably one and the same bird, and Dayton, Or. 



is merely another instance^ of a species, that 



has been divided and sub-divided, until one March 25th, I collected my first set this 



cannot positively identify ■ a bird even if he has season; >4; — Western Meadow Lark, incuba- 



the best works on Ornithology, that are tion begun. The earliest record previous to 



published. It is doubtful in the extreme, this that I have, is April, 14th, 1895. 

 whether the very men'that [^did the dividing, Ellis F. Hadley, 



could tell one of the birds from the other, un- Dayton, Or. 



