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THE ORErxOX NATURALIST. 



The touches of his handi have stayed 

 As reverently as the lips have prayed; 



When the littie brown thrush that hardly chirped 

 Was dear to him as the mocking bird; 



And he pitied as much as a man in pain 

 A writhing honey bee wet with rain. 



Tliinkof him still the same, 1 say; 

 He is no; dead — he is just away! 



— James Whitcomb RiUy. 



No membei' has been of such value to our 

 Association as Mr. Pope, anrl it is especially 

 fitting that we should recoid our tri )ute of 

 thankfulness for his eminent services and our 

 great sorrow at his loss. 



He was a man faithful in all things am! has 

 left behind him an enduring reputation. 



The monthly meeting of the members of the 

 Northwest Ornithilogical Association living 

 near Portland, was lit-ld at Portland Feb 27. 



Report of ilie Field Work Conmittee show- 

 ed that careful work was being done on the mi- 

 gration of birds. 



The Membership Committee reported tha. tl e 

 following new names had been Droposed: 



Wade U. Pipes, Dr. L. E. MibSar.l, Mr. John 

 Martin, Clias. L. Case, Dr. J. A. Lyman, Mr. 

 Wallace Besbe, Dr. J. W. Caidwell and Mr. 

 Ara W. McLaughlin. 



The following written report of the Library 

 and Mu'^eum Committee was accepted and 

 placed on file: 



The L. & M. Committee consisting of three 

 members of the N. O. A. was appointed by the 

 President at the last annual meeting and has 

 been working faithfully to advance the interests 

 of the Association. 



The principal objects in view are the forma- 

 tion of an Ornithological library and a collection 

 of Oregon Birds, their nests and eggs for study 

 and reference. 



Already aniimber of members have come for- 

 ward with donations and a great many more 

 have been iiromised. As we have now secured 

 rooms in the Portland City Hall, we are enabled 

 to properly care for and keep for reference an(i 

 stntly such specimens and books as we may se- 

 cure. 



Th3 folio-wing books and sp/ecimens have late- 



ly been donated: 



From Darsie C. Bard: "Min.ul of North 

 American Birds," by Robert Ridgway. "Birds 

 of the Northwest." Government Report of 1874 

 by Elliott Coues. "Field .Stu ly m Ornitholo- 

 gy" Government report by 11. B. Tris.man. 

 "Report on Migration of Birds." 



From C. F. Pfluger the followiug Govern- 

 reports: "English Sparrow in North America" 

 "Digest of Hawks and Owls," "The Crow 

 Blackbirds and their Food and the Food of 

 Woodpeckers," "The Common Crow." 



From H. T. Bohlman: "Nests and Eggs 

 of North American Birds" by Oliver Davie. 

 Skins of si.x Oregon birds ami seventy-five sets 

 of Oregon birds' eggs. 



From William L. Finley: "Birds of the 

 Northwest" by Dr. Elliott Coues. Skins of 

 six Oregon birds and collection of bird eggs. 



From A. B, Averill: Skins of six birds. 



Mr. H. T. Bohlman read some interesting 

 notes on the migration of birds. He also ex- 

 hibited a specimen that had been taken by him 

 which was thought to be an albino Rusty -Song 

 Sparrow. 



A paper on the Louisiana Tanager was read 

 by William L. Finley. A review of all the ob- 

 tainable matter that had been written on this 

 Tanager was given together with his observa- 

 tions, making quite a complete report of the 

 bird. 



RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



( Silta canadensis) . 



Read at the third annual meeting of the N. O. 

 A., at .Salem, Oregon, by Ellis F. Hadley. 



The Red-breasted Nuthatch is a comparative- 

 ly common resident of Oregon, although not often 

 seen, and I have never observcfl more than three 

 or four specimens at a time. 



They are very retire<I in iheii habits, l)eing 

 generally found in thick timber, where they niay 

 be seen tunning up and down and around the 

 trunks and limbs of trees in search of insects. 

 Insects constitute tiie greater part of their iodd. 



