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Otocoris alpestris strigata. Streaked Horned Lark. — Resident? 

 A pair, seen jLine 12 on the Up|ier Qj.iiniault River by my companion, 

 came to our camp at a small clearing on the river bank. One reported 

 by a settler on the Lake as seen several times in April. My companion 

 also described a pair which lived from April to June near his house in the 

 woods four miles north of Humptulips ; the forest there was broken by 

 open beaver marshes. 



Cyanocitta stelleri. Steller's Jay. — Resident. Common on the 

 water courses, and in the clearings; in the forests largely lejilaced hy 

 P. obscnriis. Very suspicious and alert. 



Perisoreus obscurus. Oregon Jay. — Resident. Common in tlic 

 heav3' timber; not often seen in the opener places. An unsuspicious and 

 rather silent bird. 



Corvus corax sinuatus. American Raven. — Resident. P'airly com- 

 mon in the thicker timber; probably would be so in the opener places, but 

 C. cauriuiix makes war on it. Sometimes not seen for days, then a flock 

 may be located by the noise it makes over some elk's or deer's carcass. 



Corvus caurinus. Northwest Crow. — Resident. Very common on 

 the lower Humptulips and the harbor tide-flats ; common on the upper 

 river. With the Gulls they are good scavangers when salmon are run- 

 ning in fall and winter. 



Agelaius gubernator. Bicolored Blackbird. — Winter resident.? I 

 saw a few at Hoquiam March S. I think they stay on the harbor all 

 winter. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird. — Resident.'' 

 Pretty common on the harbor; a few winter there, I believe. Saw one at 

 Stevens Prairie May 3. 



Loxia curvirostra minor. American Crossbill. — Resident. Cotn- 

 mon. Gregarious. Oftener heard chipping in the high tree tops, than 

 seen. Confined mostly to the thick and tall timber. Generally seen in 

 flocks of six to ten. Near the Hoquiam River on December 13 I saw a 

 great flock of two or three hundred perched high in two tall dead trees. 



Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus. Western Savanna Spar- 

 row. — - Summer resident. Common on the harbor about Hoquiam and 

 on Stevens Prairie where they breed. This bird may be typical saiuhvich- 

 e/isi's. but the measurements of a skin I have seem too small. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia. Intermediate Sparrow. — Res- 

 ident. Very common on Stevens Prairie and on the harbor, where they 

 breed. First noted in 1891 on Stevens Prairie April 12. Some probably 

 winter there. A sweet songster. 



Junco hyemalis oregonus. Oregon Junco. — Resident. Not as com- 

 mon as Z. I. intermedia or M. f. guttata^ but fairly common. 



Melospiza fasciata guttata. Rusty Song Sparrow. — Resident. Very 

 common everywhere on the harbor, and along its tributary streams, and 

 on the few natural prairies. Fairly common on the Qiiiniault. Heard 

 two singing sweetly at Aberdeen in February in cold wintry weather. 

 The finest songster in this region. 



