2 28 Snodgrass, Land Birds of Cetitral Washington. [April 



4. Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. — A few seen in Franklin 

 County, about North Yakima in Yakima County, and in Walla Walla 

 County. 



5. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. — Common every- 

 where throughout the eastern central and southeastern parts of the State. 



6. Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. — Found rather common at 

 Almota along the bluffs of the Snake River Canon. 



7. Falco sparverius phaloena. Desert Sparrow Hawk. — Common 

 everywhere. 



8. Megascops asio macfarlanei. MacFarlane's Screech Owl. — 

 Two immature specimens taken on the Touchet Creek near Bolles in the 

 eastern part of Walla Walla County, but the species was not seen else- 

 where. 



9. Bubo virginianus lagophonus. Western Horned Owl. — Several 

 seen at White Bluffs on the Columbia River, southern Douglas County. 



10. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. — Extremely 

 abundant in the southwestern part of Whitman County; occurs all the 

 way across Franklin County ; comparatively scarce in Yakima and Walla 

 Walla Counties. 



11. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — Occurs along nearly all 

 streams. Observed on the Columbia, Yakima, and Walla Walla Rivers, 

 and on the Touchet Creek. 



12. Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii. Gairdner's Woodpecker. — 

 Common in the trees along the Yakima River at North Yakima. 



13. Asyndesmus torquatus. Lewis's Woodpecker. — Extremely 

 abundant in the groves of trees along the Yakima and Walla Walla 

 Rivers and the Touchet Creek. 



14. Colaptes cafer coUaris. Red-shafted Flicker. — Found wher- 

 ever trees occur. 



15. Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Nighthawk.- — Com- 

 mon evervvvhere throughout Whitman, Franklin, Yakima, and Walla 

 Walla Counties. In the more desert places, such as at White Bluffs on 

 the Columbia River and in the dry "Horse Heaven " country in southern 

 Yakima County, it has the habit of flying about a great deal at all times 

 of the day. It was not observed to do this nearly so much in the less arid 

 or tree-covered regions about North Yakima and along the Touchet Creek 

 in Walla Walla County, or in the more humid region of Columbia, Gar- 

 field, and Whitman Counties. 



16. Trochilus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummingbird. — Common 

 at North Yakima. No other species of Hummingbird seen anywhere. 



17. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Common almost everywhere 

 throughout Whitman, Franklin, Yakima, Walla Walla, Columbia, and 

 Garfield Counties. 



18. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. — This species is 

 much more local in its distribution than the last. It is abundant in Whit- 

 man, Garfield, and Columbia Counties, but very rare about North Yakima, 



