484 General Notes. [(^^\^ 



Colaptes auratus luteus. Yellow-shafted Flicker. — A specimen in 

 Mr. Rathbun's collection was taken by Mr. Matt. H. Gormley on Orcas 

 Island, Oct. 15, 1903. The bird is a male, and is typical, save for the 

 faintest possible tinge of salmon in the yellow. The casual occurrence 

 of this species west of the Cascades during migration is attested by several 

 ■other witnesses; notably, Mr. D. E. Brown, formerly of Glacier, and Mr. 

 Victor Savings, of Blaine. 



Glauz funerea richardsoni. Richardson's Owl. — A specimen taken 

 on the Nooksack River, near Glacier, Jan. 17, 1905, by D. E. Brown, has 

 been examined by the writer. 



Glaux acadicus scotaeus. Northwest Saw- whet Owl. — Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher, in epist., Jan. 18, 1907, identifying specimen secured at Nisqually 

 in Dec. (?) 1906; collection Edwards Bros., Tacoma. The only other 

 recent specimen taken proves to be true acadicus. 



Grus americana. Whooping Crane. — I should hesitate to report the 

 appearance of a large flock of these white cranes in Yakima County (May 

 2, 1908) and studied by myself through binocular at a range of five miles, 

 were it not for abundant corroborative testimony on the part of ranchers 

 both in Yakima and Douglas Counties. In the Big Bend countrj^, especially 

 this remnant of a vanishing race appears to be making its last stand. 



.ffigialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. — Specimen taken at Gray's Harbor, 

 Sept. 3, 1899, by C. W. Bowles; now in collection of C. W. and J H. Bowles 

 in Ferry Museum, Tacoma. 



Pisobia aurita. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. — • J. M. Edson, in epist 

 Four specimens taken from a flock at Bellingham in September, 1892, 

 ■carefully identified but not preserved. 



Bartramia longicauda. Bartramian Sandpiper. — Several times 

 heard in western Walla Walla Countj^ near Two Rivers, April 22 and 23, 

 1905. Having been brought up on the prairie, I could not have been 

 surer of my mother's voice. 



Stercorarius pomarinus. Pomarine Jaeger. — "On Sept. 7, 1897, I 

 saw a specimen of Stercorarius pomarinus in Puget Sound near Whidby 

 Island, and on Sept. 24 one in Shoalwater Bay." (A. K. Fisher, in epist., 

 April 7, 1908.) 



Larus vegae. Vega Gull. — Several birds with very dark mantles seen 

 about the wharves and shipping at Bellmgham where shooting was im- 

 possible. One of these dark-winged birds, resting frequently on the top 

 of a convenient pile, had a foot taken off as by a sharp-edged trap. The 

 bird, however, supported itself freely upon the tarsal stump and apparently 

 made light of its infirmity. Old "Dot-and-go-one" had also an unusually 

 conspicuous spot of vermillion which glowed upon the angle of the lower 

 mandible. 



Xema sabinii. Sabine's Gull. — One seen by Mr. Anthony in January 

 or February, 1899, while cruising off Gray's Harbor. (A. W. Anthony, 

 in epist., Feb. 13, 1907.) 



Sterna forsteri. Forster's Tern. — Of regular occurrence on Brook 



