1003 J S^OV>GRAS,s, Land Birds of Central Wasktngton. 30C 



reported to be common throughout Douglas County. We obtained three 

 specimens — an adult female and two joung — from a small band of them 

 southeast of Coulee City. None were seen in the Grand Coulee and we 

 were told by inhabitants that they never come down into the canon. 



3. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — Rather common through- 

 out the Big Bend country. Several nests were found on the ground in 

 the sage-brush. 



4. Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. — A number seen flying about 

 in the Coulee. Observed as far north as the Columbia River. 



5. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. — Several seen in the Coulee 

 flying above the small marshes. 



6. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. — Rather common along the 

 high cliff walls of the Coulee, keeping generally above shot-gun reach. 



7. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. — Common every- 

 where. 



8. Falco sparverius deserticolus. Desert Sparrow Hawk. — Com- 

 mon everywhere along the cliffs of the Coulee, nesting in holes high up 

 on the walls. 



9. Asio wilsonianus. American Long-eared Owl. — Not seen in 

 the Coulee region. Common along Crab Creek in Lincoln County. 



10. Bubo virginianus pallescens. Western Horned Owl. — Only 

 two individuals of this owl were seen : one was in the wheat fields near 

 Wilbur in the northwest part of Lincoln County, the other was at Crab 

 Creek in the southwest part of the same county. Although neither was 

 secured there can be little doubt as to the variety since this is the resident 

 form about Pullman in Whitman County. 



11. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. — Burrowing Owl. — This owl 

 is common throughout the central and southeastern part of the State. 



12. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — Several observed at Crab 

 Creek in Lincoln County. None met with in the Coulee. 



13. Melanerpes torquatus. Lewis's Woodpecker. — One specimen 

 obtained in the pines that occur sparsely scattered about in the north end 

 of the Grand Coulee. The granite underlying the basalt is exposed as 

 rough hills on the floor of the Coulee for eight miles south from the head. 

 On this granite there grew a few evergreens, mostly small trees of Pintis 

 pottderosa. 



14. Colaptes cafer coUaris. Red-shafted Flicker. — Several Flick- 

 ers were heard in the pines of the northern end of the Coulee and one or 

 two were seen, but no specimens were obtained. It is probable that they 

 were of the form named, for Dawson records it from Okanogan County 

 just north of here. 



15. Phalsenoptilus nuttallii. Poor-will. — Abundant both in the 

 Coulee and over the region southeast of it. Found specially numerous 

 at Crab Creek in Lincoln County. According to Dawson, this bird in 

 Okanogan County "is confined to semi-arid regions in valleys and 

 ' draws.' " 



