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Spinus tristis. American Goldfinch. — Not common. At Ocosta, May 

 4, a pair flew over a small meadow and alighted in a tree near me. 



Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. — Resident. Hardlj common. I shot 

 one of two seen feeding in some willows at Ocosta, May 4. No others 

 noted on Gray's Harbor. At South Bend, several times in February, I 

 noted a flock of over thirty. These birds swarm in the orchards about 

 Vancouver, Clarke County. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli. Gambel's Sparrow. — Summer resi- 

 dent. Common. Many seen at Ocosta on and along the edge of a low 

 hill which was ' slashed ' and burned over a year or two ago. They were 

 singing well, and some seemed to be nesting. The testes of a male shot 

 April 30 were well developed, as were also those of a Z. I. intermedia 

 shot the same day; but those of a Z. coronata shot then were very small. 

 Z. I. gambeli should have been in my 'Preliminary List' (Auk, IX, 39-47). 

 I had hoped long ago to correct my own error, but Mr. Palmer anticipates 

 me (Auk, IX, 309). One or two skins of the White-crowned Sparrow I 

 sent Dr. Allen from Humptulips in April, 1S91, and they were found by 

 him to be Z. I. intermedia. Part or most of my notes on intermedia evi- 

 dently should have been used for gambeli. Illness at that time prevented 

 my getting a series of skins of these birds, and my trips to the harbor 

 were usually hurried. I did not hear Z. I. ifitermedia sing, but saw 

 several at Ocosta, and a few at Hoquiam, May 6. The song of Z. /. inter- 

 media is a little diff'erent, I think, from that of Z. gambeli. 



Zonotrichia coronata. Golden-crowned Sparrow. — At and about 

 Ocosta, April 30, I found three flocks of this species — in all about sixty 

 individuals. A good many were seen on other days. The only sound 

 they gave was a plaintive, querulous call of several notes. I shot one 

 April 30. I have always found this species so fat as to make skinning 

 difficult. 



Pipilo maculatus oregonus. Oregon Towhee. — Resident. Not 

 common. Feb. 17, I saw one at Soutli Bend, and March 25, three more. 

 The bird has an odd mewing call. 



Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rough-winged Swallow. — Summer 

 resident, not very common. I saw four or five brown Swallows at Ocosta, 

 April 30; one had a piece of straw in its mouth. May 4 I shot a similar 

 Swallow near there, which was of the above species. Dr. Cooper noted 

 no Clivicola riparia in Washington, so that name may have to be elimi- 

 nate from the list. T. thalassina was common at Ocosta, April 30. I saw 

 two of this species at Astoria, Oregon, March 27. It is the most abundant 

 Swallow in western Washington. After it comes Chelidon erythrogaster 

 which I first noted, at Ocosta, May 3, two being seen. Petrochelidon liini- 

 fronsl have found nesting at the mouth of Lewis River, Clarke County, 

 but never on the coast or Sound. Progne breeds at Olympia, but I have 

 not seen it elsewhere. 



Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. Western Yellowthroat. — Sum- 

 mer resident. Not common. One shot, another heard in and near some 



