AA Lawrence, Birds of Gray's Harbor. Was/iii/i^/oii. [January 



scribed it to me pretty cleaily. The bird seemed to be attracted by the 

 carcass of a small striped skunk. 



Scotiaptex cinerea. Great Gray Owl. — A skiti examined of one shot 

 near Ocosta in May. 



Nyctala acadica. Sawwhet Owl. — Resident. Reported hy settlers 

 wiio had heard and seen it on the lower Humptulips in March and April, 

 1891. It frequented then an overflowed bottom. 



Glaucidium gnoma californicum. Califorma Pygmy Owl. — Resi- 

 dent. One shot on the East Humptulips September 2, 1S90; another 

 seen at same place January 22. 



Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. Californian Cuckoo. Summer 

 resident. Uncommon. I heard one near the East Humptulips River 

 September 15, 1890, and at the same place saw and heard one high up in 

 a dead fir a few days later — September 27. The man who was then with 

 me reported hearing one on the Wishkah Rivei' in fune, 1891. 



Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — Resident. Ver^- common on 

 the lower parts of the harbor streams; fairly common on their upper 

 waters and on the Qiiiniault Rivei-. 



Dryobates villosus harrisii. Harris's Woodpecker. — Resident. 

 Common everywhere. 



Colaptes cafer Red-shafted Flicker. — Resident. Pretty common 

 on the occasional grassy prairies along the Humptulips and on the scan- 

 tily wooded salt marshes about its mouth. 



Trochilus rufus. Rufous HUiMMiNGBiRD. — Summer resident. Very 

 common on Stevens Prairie, and common on the Humptulips River bot- 

 toms where salmon-beiry and other flowering bushes grow. First seen 

 in 1S91, April 12, near James's Rock on the north side of the harbor. 



Trochilus alleni. Allen's Hummingbird. — Summer resident. Per- 

 haps as common as T. riifus, and frequenting similar places. First noted 

 in 1891 on the East Humptulips, April 30 I had a good view of one on 

 Qj-iiniault Lake June 13. 



Trochilus calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. — Summer resident. As 

 common perhaps as T. ritfiis. First seen in 1891 on Stevens Prairie, 

 April 22. The Hummers are very plentiful in this region, and are found 

 in abundance on Stevens Praiiie where the conditions are very favorable 

 for breeding, the prairie being bounded north and south by two streams, 

 Stevens Creek and the Humptulips River, whose fertile bottoms have 

 quite a growth of salmon-berry and other bushes. The prairie produces 

 many kinds of flowers and berries. No specimens of Hummers were 

 secured. 



Contopus richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee. — Summer resident. 

 One shot June 3 on Stevens Prairie. Heard occasionally there and on 

 the Humptulips ; also at Qiiiniault Lake, June 14. 



Empidonax difficilis. Western Flycatcher. — Summer resident. 

 One of the commonest, if not the commonest, of the Flycatchers here. 



Empidonax pusillus. Little Flycatcher. — Summer resident. Rare. 

 One seen August 21, 1890, and another May 25, 1891. 



