1^2 Dawson, Birds of Okanogan Co., Was//. [apHI 



14. Clangula clangula americana. American Goi.den-eye. — The 

 Whistlers are tlie characteristic Ducks of this mountain county. This 

 species is not so common as the next, the proportion being pcriiaps oik' 

 to three. 



15. Clangula islandica. Barkow's Golden-eye. — Every consider- 

 able mountain pool is visited by a pair or more ot" these birds dur- 

 ing the breeding season. In winter they keep to the open lakes and 

 rivers without passing south. Surely there can be no sound more 

 thrilling to the gunner's ear than the ilear whistling of tins bird's 

 wings, and especially if a pair produce now a single tone and now an 

 ever changing syncop.ition. 



if). Charitonetta albeola. Buffle-he.M). — Conmion, but of more 

 sparing ilistribution than the two preceding. 



17. Oidemia deglandi. Wiiite-vvinged Scoter. — l'\)und on Wapato 

 Lake, a small body of water near Lake Chelan, during December. 



18. Branta canadensis occidentalis. Wmite-ciikeked (1oo.se. — 

 Distributed sparingly throughout the county, w lierc it breeds, especially 

 in the Okanogan Vallev. Flocks of two or three hundred are said to 

 have wintered at Wapato's but they did not remain this year during 

 snowfall. 



uj. Rallus virginianus. \ikgima Rau.. — Notconinu)n; breeds. 



20. Porzana Carolina. Sora. — Not common; breeds. 



zi. Fulica americana. American Coot. — The inevitable accompani- 

 ment of 'cat-tails'. In passing along the road through Toat's Coulee, 

 one may see the Coots sitting on their nests, or cackling at play in any of 

 the numerous water- filled kettle-holes. 



22. Phalaropus lobatus. Northern Phalarope. — One specimen was 

 secured on Wapato Lake during the migrations. 



23. Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — Only one bird was seen, — 

 at Wapato's. 



24. Tringa minutilla. Least Sanupiter. — A flock of three was seen 

 at the lower end of Wapato Lake, during the migrations. 



25. Tetanus solitarius cinnamomeus. Western Solit.\ry Sand- 

 piper. — Seen about large streams, notably at Stehekin, at the head of 

 Lake Chelan, where it regularly breeds. 



26. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. — Not uncommon 

 diu-ing migrations, but there is little land suitable for them. A few bred 

 in the open country about Wapato's, while one pair on the Okanogan, 

 chose a nesting site near the stage road, where their incessant querulous 

 cries were poured out against every passer-by. 



27. i^gialitis vocifera. Killdeer. — A few were seen in earlv spring 

 at Wapato's, but it is iloubtful whether they lingered. 



28. Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus. Sooty Groise. — The spring 

 bird of the lower foothills. They appear to move down from their winter 

 home in the fir-trees of the higher slopes, during the last week in March. 

 At this time, and indeed until after the breeding season, they are quite 



