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Spring arrival dates at Prescott are: March 19, 1905; April 3, 190S; 

 and April 11, 1913. 



Glaucidium gnoma californicum. California Pygmy Owl. — 

 Bendire (1888a, 367) took this owl in the Blue Mountains of Washington. 

 S. H. Lyman killed one at an old barn near Dayton in December, 1914. 

 A specimen in the Whitman College collection was taken Feb. 13, 1902, 

 at Dayton. 



Streptoceryle alcyon caurina. Western Belted Kingfisher. — 

 Numerous in summer along the Touchet River near Prescott. They are 

 often seen perched on trees overlooking the stream. On Aug. 4, 1914, one 

 was seen on Butte Creek in the Blue Mountains. During the winter of 

 1904-05 several remained near Prescott all winter. In 1913 the first 

 spring arrival was noted on March 31. A nest hole was discovered in the 

 soft dirt banks of the Touchet River near Prescott on May 19, 1914. 



Dryobates villosus monticola. Rocky Mountain Hairy Wood- 

 pecker. — Occasional in winter in the trees along the Touchet River near 

 Prescott. In the summer of 1914 a number were seen on the ridges of the 

 Blue Mountains in alpine fir forest and elsewhere on dead trees. 



Dryobates pubescens homorus. Batchelder's Woodpecker. — 

 Numerous throughout the year in the timber along the Touchet River 

 near Prescott. Reported rare at Walla Walla (Bendire, 1895, 59). 



On June 11, 1908, a nest containing young was found four feet above the 

 ground in an apple tree near Prescott. The female was seen gathering 

 large, red aphids from nearby golden-rod. She would gather all her 

 mouth could hold and until the aphids stuck out like a fringe all around 

 the edges of the bill. Then she flew in a direct line toward the nest. This 

 female was also seen to gather aphids from apple trees. 



Xenopicus albolarvatus. White-headed Woodpecker. — Mr. 

 George Gross shot one in the Blue Mountains late in May, 1909, and sent 

 me the specimen. 



Picoides arcticus. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. — S. H. 

 Lyman secured a male about five years ago in heavy Douglas spruce on a 

 ridge of the Blue Mountains. The specimen is now in his collection. 



Picoides americanus subsp. Three-toed Woodpecker. — A white- 

 backed, Three-toed Woodpecker was seen July 31, 1914, in heavy Douglas 

 spruce forest near the top of a ridge near Twin Buttes R. S. S. H. Lyman 

 reports the species to be common in these mountains. 



Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red-naped Sapsucker. — Found 

 sparingly in the Blue Mountains of Washington by Bendire (1888, 226). 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus. Williamson's Sapsucker. — Noted a 

 number of times in the Blue Mountains in the summer of 1914. Near 

 Hompeg Falls they were found in lowland fir in the canyon, and in yellow 

 pine forest on the low ridges. On top of the ridge at Twin Buttes R. S. 

 they were seen in Douglas spruce forest, and on Butte Creek they were 

 found in brush and among cottonwoods. 



Phloeotomus pileatus picinus. Western Pileated Woodpecker. — 

 Several were reported to have been present for about a month in Sept.- 



