'ZIO Gefieral N^oies. July 



Francisco northward to British Columbia. It seeins doubtful whether 

 the bird whicii breeds on the Washingtoti coast is Zonotrickia I. inter- 

 media, as given by Lawrence, although this form is probably common 

 in winter. The Zonotrichias which I found breeding at Astoria and at 

 several points on the coast of northern California proved to be Z. I. gam- 

 heli, and Mr. John Fannin* considers the coast bird of Britisli Columbia 

 Zouotrichia I. gambe.H, while Z. I. intermedia is given as "very com- 

 mon east of Cascades." It should be added, however, that specimens of Z. 

 I. intermedia were collected by Streatorf at Westminster Junction, Mt. 

 Lehman, and Vancouver, B. C. 



Piranga ludoviciana. Louisiana Tanager. — A single bird, either a 

 female or a young of the year, was observed near the sawmill on the bank 

 of the Chehalis River on August 15. 



Dendroica auduboni. Audubon's Warblkr. — Of this species Mr. Law- 

 rence says: "Summer resident. Not common. One shot April 22 on 

 Stevens Prairie, the only one noted." While it is probable that it 

 does not breed very commonly in the spruce forests along the coast, 

 young birds — doubtless migrants — were abundant at Aberdeen on August 

 14, 1889. 



Salpinctes obsoletus. — Rock Wren. — Mr. Lawrence gives this species 

 as a "summer resident.'' A few observed on Wishkah River, and on the 

 East Humptulips in June, 1890; no specimen shot. Not seen in 1891 

 on the East Humptulips." Is it possible that these notes refer to some 

 other species? It is distinctly stated that no specimens were secured, 

 a fact greatly to be regretted, since this locality is beyond the usual 

 range of Salpinctes obsoletus. During my collecting on the Northwest 

 Coast from San Francisco to British Columbia I never saw or heard 

 a specimen in the spruce forest belt. Mr. Streator obtained it only 

 east of the Cascades, and Mr. Fannin states (I.e., p. 42): "I secured 

 a specimen of this bird in June, 1SS4, at Burrard Inlet, the only one 

 I ever saw on the coast. It is common east of Cascades." 



Certhia familiaris occidentalis. California Creeper. — The Creeper 

 is given in Lawrence's list as uncommon, and as a doubtful resident. 

 He observed a few in January on the East Humptulips. This species was 

 tolerably common at Aberdeen in August, 1889, and it is probable that 

 further observations will show it to be a common resident. 



Sialia mexicana. Western Bluebird. — Mr. Lawrence records but a 

 single specimen, and questions whether it is a migrant. The Western 

 Bluebird was common at Aberdeen in August, 1S89, and probably breeds 

 in this locality. — T. S. Palmer, Washington, D. C. 



* Check List of British Columbia Birds. Sept., 1891, p 36. 



t Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., HI, No. i, Oct., 1890, pp. 145, 157, but the bird is given 

 as a "rare spring and fall migrant." 



