2o6 Snodgrass, Land Birds of Ce>itral Washington. Fa"'^ 



i6. Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Nighthawk. — Very 

 common thioughout the Big Bend country. 



17. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Common throughout the Big 

 Bend country, nesting abundantly. Taken the whole length of the 

 Grand Coulee. 



18. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. — This flycatcher was 

 found everywhere that the last was observed except at the southern end 

 of the Coulee. We found it from a short distance north of here, however, 

 to the Columbia. It is common throughout Lincoln and Whitman 

 Counties. 



19. Sayornis saya. Say's Phcebe. — Is not abundant but occurs 

 everywhere in the Big Bend country'. 



20. Empidonax difficilis. Western Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 

 — This species was not observed anywhere in the Grand Coulee, nor in 

 the Big Bend country till we got south to Crab Creek in the southeastern 

 part of Lincoln County. Along Crab Creek there is a dense growth of 

 trees, affording a resort for birds such as does not occur northwest or 

 west of it. Hence, we found that this was the northwest limit of many 

 birds common to the southeast in Whitman County. This flycatcher is 

 one of them. 



21. Otocoris alpestris merrilli. Dusky Horned Lark. — Common 

 throughout the Big Bend region. 



22. Pica pica hudsonica. American Magpie. — These birds occur 

 throughout the whole length of the Grand Coulee, but they are not very 

 common. They were not observed on the plains to the east and south- 

 east, but were again found at Rock Creek in Whitman County. 



23. Corvus americanus. American Crow. — A few bands observed 

 at the head of the Coulee along the Columbia River. Found common 

 at Rock Creek below Rock Lake in the northwest part of Whitman 

 Countv. 



24. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. 

 Common in two marshes in the Grand Coulee, one near the middle, the 

 other about eight miles from the head. Not seen elsewhere in the Big 

 Bend, but found at Rock Creek in Whitman County. 



25. Agelaius phceniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — The writer 

 cannot be certain that the Red-winged Blackbird of the inland North- 

 west is A. fhoeniceiis, not having material at hand for comparison. Occurs 

 in all marshy places. 



26. Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadowlark. — Common 

 everywhere. 



27. Icterus bullocki. Bullock's Oriole. — Occurs in favorable places 

 in the Grand Coulee throughout its length, but was not found common 

 anywhere. 



28. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird. — Com- 

 mon everywhere except in sage-brush remote from water. 



29. Astragalinus tristis. American Goldfinch. — Goldfinches were 



