40 THE ORECiON NATURALIST 



tigation is to be summed up as fol- A FEW WINTER BIRDS OF 

 lows. These remains are excavations BERTIE CO., N. C. 



made by the Indians for the purpose 



of securing flint tomanufacture imple- ^^° winged Blaclkbird. Very 

 ments, weapons etc. That the Span- common in the Winter months. Ar- 

 ish and French know no more about "^'^"^ "' September and leaves in 

 the existence of gold and silver than March for the North. It is seen in 

 we do, and had as little to do with ^^^^'"^ "'' ^'°"' ^"^ hundred to many 

 their excavation as we have. thousand. Very common in the 



If my opinion l)e true, and to my ^^amps. 

 mind it is, the beautiful traditions ^^arsh Hawk. Not very common 

 woven in connection with its memory ''^ ^"^ •'^^^■''«" °^ ^''^ i'^^*"- ^f^^" 

 will have lost their interest ere long, •''^^" '" ^^^^ Autumn and Winter 

 and will become buried with the peo- "'onths. Breeds farther north, 

 pie who love to rehearse the story of Yellow Warbler. A very com- 

 the old mines with their untold hid- '"on winter bird in this county, where 

 den wealth. Such is the story of one '^ '"^^ ''*^ '^^^^ feeding on elm buds, 

 of a few excavations of a. similar kind ^'l^'s little bird leaves for the North 

 to be found in Southwest Missouri. "' March. 



T M Brooks M D Grasshopper Sparrow. This 



Golden Citv Mo '^'^'^ ^^^ been identified and added to 



the birds of this county. Common 



CALIFORNIA PEARLS. after the fir. st of November until the 



last of April. Feeds on gra.ss .seeds 



Every oyster does not contaiir its , ,i • ^ r ■ ^ ■ i 



. . and small insects of various kinds 



pearl, and only at intervals is a reallv i n \ 



. , , ^ y such as small bugs, 



valuable pearl thus discovered. The ^ ^^ r^ • ir- . 



* TowHEE. Common in vVniler. 



largest one ever found was about three im t i • 4- 



Ihe Tovvhee is .sometimes seen in 



quarters of an inch in diameter, and o t i ji ^i • i -^ i a 



^ , , . ' Summer. I hardly think it breeds, 



was .sold in Pans to the Emporor of ,, i t i ^ i 



^ thougli I have taken specimens in 

 Austria for |io,ooo. Many black •, 



■^ mid-summer. 



pearls are found in Lower California, 



o«/i ov^ ,,^i„ A 1 ; \ i\ ti Pigeon Hawk. A rare bird here, 



anci aie valued higher than the pure . . 



1 •. a few are seen in the winter months. 



It feeds on small birds and mice such 



A number of ornaments made of as it finds in the fields. Some people 



pipe stone have been found in the Salt i„ this locality .say they have .seen the 



River Valley. A tube or pipe made of „est of this bird. I have never seen 



that stone was found about three miles one of these birds in the summei. 



northwest of Phoenix, Arizona, on the o o u /-a 



. - ' '■ ^ Sharp Shinned Hawk. Comes 



surface of a small ruin or mound. c ,.\ r 41 i 1 4. • 



after the manner of the above but is 



We wish to call special attention to much more common. Feeds on small 

 the ad of D. M. Averill & Co, on the birds and mice with occt^sionally fi 

 back cover page, grasshopper or cricket. 



