THE WESTERN KINGBIRD. 373 
ledges of barn or outbuildings. Eggs: 3-5, like those of 7. tyrannus, but averag- 
ing smaller, .93 x .68 (23.6x 17.3). Season: first week in June; one brood. 
General Range.—Western United States, north regularly to southern British 
Columbia, occasionally to Alberta, Assiniboia, and Manitoba, north to western 
Minnesota, eastern Nebraska, and western Texas, breeding thruout range, and 
south to Chihuahua, Mexico; south in winter thru Mexico to highlands of 
Guatemala. 
Range in Washington.—Common summer resident east of the Cascades, 
rare or casual on the West-side. 
Migrations.—S pring: c May ist; Wallula April 26, 1905; Yakima April 30, 
1900; Chelan May 11, 18096. 
Authorities.—Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv. IX. 1858, p. 174. T. C&S. D'. 
IDE, Sista Sees leseae 
Specimens.—U. of W. P. Prov. B. E. 
HERE is the presiding genius of all properly conducted ranches upon the 
sunny side of the Cascade Mountains. Guest he is not, host rather; and be- 
fore you have had time to dismount from your panting cayuse this bird 
bustles forth from the locust trees and hovers over you with noisy effusive- 
Taken in Douglas County. WESTERN KINGBIRD AT NEST. Photo by the Author. 
