1886.] Anthony oti Birds of Washington County, Oregon. l6l 



not heard, although it could hardly have escaped my observation 

 had that bird been at all common. 



The Snowbirds and the Warblers I have mentioned w^ere not 

 observed below the level of about 3000 feet. 



In the country between the Salt Pond Mountain and Chris- 

 tiansburg, which has an average elevation of 2000 feet, weie found 

 the Wood Thrush, Towhee Bunting, Indigo Bird, Kingbird, 

 Bay-Winged Sparrow, Catbii'd, Baltimore Oriole, Red-winged 

 Blackbird, Common Dove, Crow, Purple Crackle, Yellow War- 

 bler, Purple Martin, and Night Hawk, or Bull Bat, as it is called 

 in the South. A single Red-headed Woodpecker {^Melanerpes 

 erythrocephalus) was seen, and the now ubiquitous English 

 Sparrow has penetrated into even tliis comparatively remote part 

 of the State. A small colony of Clift' Swallows i^Petrochelidon 

 lufiifrofis) had attached their nests to the shed of a stable at 

 Blacksburg. The Qiiail ( Colinus virginianus) was said to be 

 abundant. 



The species here recorded must form of course, but a very insig- 

 nificant proportion of the birds of this region. The recent investi- 

 gations of Mr. William Brewster in Western North Carolina will 

 doubtless prove to have been of much importance and interest, 

 and greatly increase our knowledge of the birds of the mountain 

 districts of the South. 



FIELD NOTES ON 'THE BIRDS OF WASHINGTON 

 COUNTY. OREGON. 



BY A. W. ANTHONY. 



Washington County, Oregon, lies in the northwestern part 

 of the State, about thirty miles from the coast, and ten miles south- 

 west of the Columbia River, at its nearest point — far enough 

 away to catch but comparatively few of its many sea birds. The 

 Willamette River, about eight miles to the east, is a great resort 

 for nearly all of the species of Ducks known to the State. 

 These, however, are seldom seen in the eastern half of the county, 

 except as thev flv over to and from their feeding grounds, owing 



