= “hE SHUFELDT JUNEO. 
Range in Washington.—Common summer resident thruout the State, in or 
near coniferous timber, from sea level to limit of trees; sparingly resident in 
winter chiefly west of Cascades. 
Authorities.—As in preceding. (T). C&S. Sr. Ra. D2. J. B. E. 
Specimens.—U. of W. P'. B. Bn. 
HOWEVER it may fare with the Oregon Junco (q. v.), the southern 
invaders, the birds with the rusty gray backs, now appear to possess the land. 
They have stolen back sometime in March, so unobtrusively we scarcely 
noticed when the substitution of gray-backs for red-backs was effected; but 
scon we do notice that the yards and clearings are frequented by happy 
rollicking troops of 
Shufeldt Juncoes, and 
we notice too that some 
pronounced  flirtations 
are being carried on. 
There is a jovial 
restlessness about these 
birds in flock which is 
contagious. Their ey- 
ery movement is ac- 
companied by a happy 
titter, and the pursuit 
of necessities is never 
so stern that a saucy 
dare from one of their 
number will not send 
the whole company off 
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FEMALE SHUFELDT JUNCO ON NEST. school-boys. Whenever 
a Junco starts to wing, 
it flashes a white signal in the lateral tail-feathers; and this convenient 
“recognition mark” enables the birds to keep track of each other thruout the 
maddest gambols in brush-lot or tree-top. 
On a sunny day in March the Juncoes gather for a grand concert. The 
males mount the bush-tops and hold forth in rival strains, while the females 
lurk under cover and take counsel of their hearts. Junco’s song is a sweet 
little tinkling trill, not very pretentious, but tender and winsome.  Inter- 
spersed with this is a variety of sipping and suckling notes, whose uses are 
hard to discern. Now and then, also, a forcible kissing sound may be heard, 
evidently a note of repulsion instead of attraction, for it is employed in the 
breeding season to frighten enemies. During the progress of the concert 
some dashing young fellow, unable fully to express his emotion in song, 
