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near the surf. Nests were found in the thickest shrubs, that were 

 probably of the present race, proving that they are resident. 



As specimens in fresh fall plumage were needed for comparison 

 with the Lower California birds I forwarded a skin to Mr. R. 

 Ridgway who writes me : " A specimen of the same sex of H. 

 Jeconteiixom the Mojave River, California, has a shorter wing and 

 laery vmch longer tail than your bird." 



A comparison of my peninsula birds with a small and unsatis- 

 iactory series of typical H. Iccontci before me, shows the latter to 

 iiave a slightly longer tail (average), though the wing and other 

 measurements are the same. An immature specimen from the 

 ■collection of Mr. F. Stephens, taken fifteen miles inland from 

 Point Lobos, Sonora, Mexico, Aug. 19, 1884, is just assuming 

 the fall plumage, which is considerably paler than my Lower 

 California specimens, though darker than any true lecoiitei I have 

 •examined. 



A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE BIRDS OF 

 OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON. 



BY WILLIAM LEON DAWSON. 



Any list of the birds of this region would be unintelligible 

 without a brief survey of the topography and physical conditions. 

 Okanogan County, with an area almost equal to that of the State 

 ■of New Jersey (being slightly under 7000 square miles), is pre- 

 veminently a mountain county. The only really level spots in it 

 are the narrow terraces, or benches, which mark former high 

 levels of the Columbia and Okanogan Rivers, with their tribu- 

 taries. The rest is mountains, low and grass-clad, with scattering 

 pines along the north bank of the Columbia River, which bounds 

 the county on the south ; higher and well-timbered in the eastern 

 and central portions ; high and rugged in the extreme, with 

 abounding glaciers, in the western part. The drainage is effected 

 principally by five rivers : Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan, Methow, 



