1S92.] Lawre^ck on Birds o/ Gray's Hardor, Wus/iitigton. TCtJ 



there, Mav 4, hoveritiij over a wet meiKiow, looked like a Circus hudsonius. 



Falco peregrinus anatum. Duck Hawk. — I examined a mounted 

 bird of this species shot near Ocosta in November (?). It was an imma- 

 ture bird. 



Asio accipitrinus. Smort-f.ared Owl. — Common in February on 

 the extensive salt, marshes below South Bend. The birds flew about 

 much in misty weather, looking as big as Eagles. They sat much 

 on the edges of the many deep sloughs waiting for a species of rat. I 

 found many evidences of their success in getting them. This Owl has a 

 shrill, barking call like the 'ki-yi' of a little dog. This was heard 

 only while it flew high above, sporting, or chasing some large bird 

 (Hawk.?). I shot two Feb. 21. The ovary of the female was coarsely 

 granulated. Said lo be common at Ocosta in winter. 



Bubo virginianus saturatus. Dusky Horned Owl. — Resident. 

 Pretty common. Specimens seen shot near Ocosta and South Bend. 



Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl. — I have seen several fine specimens, 

 shot in winter near South Bend and Ilvvaco, when they are often pretty 

 common along the seashore. 



Ceophloeus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker. — Resident. Rather rare. 

 A mounted bird seen, shot near South Bend. The railroad engineer 

 there saiii he had seen them now and then, while camped on the upper 

 Willapa. A pair was reported to keep near town, but I could never find 

 them. 



Melanerpes torquatus. Lewis's Woodpecker. — Rare. In a wet 

 meadow neai- Ocosta I shot one of these showy and strange birds, April 

 30. It was first seen on a fence, catching insects by making short sallies. 

 I have seen this bird at Vancouver, Clarke County, in January. 



Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. Blue-fronted Jay. — Resident. Com- 

 mon. A Jay shot at Ocosta, May 3, seems better referred to C. stelleri'. 

 but one examined at South liend, and two shot at Ilwaco, March 13, are 

 certainly '■frontalis.' I think the latter race predominates. 



Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadowlark. — Common at 

 South Bend, in February, on the salt marshes below town, and reported 

 as at Ocosta a few weeks before I caine. Dr. Cooper says they only 

 winter on the coast. They sing finely the year around. 



Ammodramus sandwichensis? Savanna Sparrow. — Not common. 

 I saw a few of the larger-sized Savanna Sparrow while at Ocosta, and shot 

 one May 2. Its measurements were: length 154.0 mm., extent 233.0, 

 wing 75.0, tail 56.0, tarsus 20.0, bill 10.5. The bird was set aside, but 

 overlocAed, and it spoiled. A series of little accidents prevented my get- 

 ting another. A. s. alaudinns was very common on the marshes about, 

 and in full sotig. 



Carpodacus purpureas californicus. Californl\ Purple Finch. — 

 I saw and iieard from six to a dozen nearly every day at Ocosta. One, 

 shot May i, was feeding in an unkept garden in a wet meadow. Gener- 

 ally one would sing pleasingly from the tiptop of some dead tree at the 

 'opens' about. 



