232 Snodgrass, Land Birds of Central Washingto7t. fA^ril 



43. Ampelis cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. — Common at North 

 Yakima but not seen elsewhere. 



44. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. — 

 Occurs on all arid sage-brush country. Extremely numerous on the very 

 desolate desert to the east of White Bluff on the Columbia River. Scarce 

 in the fertile and cultivated country about North Yakima. 



45. Vireo olivaceous. Red-eyed Vireo. — Found along the Touchet 

 Creek in Walla Walla County and in the Snake River caiion at Almota. 

 Neither seen nor heard at North Yakima. 



46. Vireo solitarius cassinii. Cassin's Vireo. — Found on\y at North 

 Yakima, and not common there. 



47. Dendroica aestiva. Yellow Warbler. — Common in all suitable 

 places — never seen on open desert country. 



48. Geothlypis tolmiei. Macgillivray's Warbler. — Found at North 

 Yakima, and at Bolles on the Touchet Creek in Walla Walla County. 

 Not common at either locality and always found in dense thickets. 



49. Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. Western Yellow-throat. — 

 Abundant at North Yakima. 



50. Icteria virens longicauda. Long-tailed Chat. — Occurs in all 

 suitable localities in the central and southeastern parts of the State. 

 Excessively abundant about North Yakima. Almost everywhere else 

 they are extremely shy and retiring, but here they continually exposed 

 themselves and sat openly in the trees while singing. Their notes were 

 the most numerous of all bird sounds heard. 



51. Oroscoptes montanus. Sage Thrasher. — Not observed on the 

 desert of Franklin County, but rather numerous on the west side of the 

 Columbia River between White Bluffs and North Yakima, especially on 

 the Yakima side of the divide. A very few inhabit the tree-covered area 

 along the Yakima River near North Yakima. Numerous in the arid 

 "Horse Heaven " country of southern Yakima County. None observed 

 in the desert western part of Walla Walla County. None heard singing 

 anywhere. 



52. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Catbird. — Common in the eastern 

 part of Whitman County, but not observed in any of the other counties 

 traversed. 



53. Salpinctes obsoletus. Rock Wren. — Common in all deep cafions 

 and in rocky places. Observed at White Bluffs on the Columbia River, 

 in the cafion of the Tucannon Creek in Columbia County, in similar 

 canons in Garfield County, and in abundance in the Snake River caiion at 

 Almota. 



54. Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus. Dotted Canon Wren. — 

 One specimen taken at Almota in the Snake River caiion. Only one 

 other individual seen here. It occurs also at Wananai Ferry a few miles 

 farther up the river. Not observed elsewhere. 



55. Troglodytes aedon aztecus. Western House Wren. — Rather 

 common at North Yakima where four specimens were taken. Not 



