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hummer was common everywhere. Three nests found were in fir trees, 

 ranging from four to seven feet up. One nest was found in some moss 

 hanging over rocks. 



26. Selasphorus rufus. Rufous Hummingbird. — Fairly common dur- 

 ing May, 1907, but absent the year before. 



27. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — The common eastern Kingbird 

 is common all over Eastern Oregon. 



28. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. — Equally as com- 

 mon as the former. 



29. Sayornis saya. Say's Pbxebe. — Fairly common. 



30. Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — Fairly com- 

 mon; arrives about April 19. 



31. Empidonax hammondi. Hammond's Flycatcher. — Abundant all 

 summer; nests well up in fir or spruce. 



32. Empidonax wrighti. Wright's Flycatcher. — Equally common; 

 nests in willows on the hillsides. 



33. Myiochanes richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. — Fairly com- 

 mon summer resident. 



34. Pica pica hudsonica. American Magpie. — Abundant resident; 

 hundreds of their large bulky nests may be seen from the stage road between 

 Baker City and Sparta. 



35. Cyanocitta stelleri annectens. Black-headed Jay. — Common 

 resident. A nest found on July 8, 1906, contained four young about a 

 week old; nest eight feet up in a small fir on a hillside. 



36. Perisoreus canadensis capitalis. Rocky Mountain Jay.— Seen 

 but once, May 29, 1906, two individuals. 



37. Nucifraga Columbiana. Clark's Crow. — Common resident. Saw 

 female feeding four large young on May 14, 1906. 



38. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — One, June 10, 1906. 



39. Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. — Common in all 

 the open country of Baker County. 



40. Icterus bullocki. Bullock's Oriole. — Common among the cot- 

 tonwoods. 



41. Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird.— Abundant in 

 the grain fields during August. 



42. Carpodacus cassinii. Cassin's Purple Finch. — Abundant sum- 

 mer resident; first seen April 1, 1906. Several pairs had nests close to 

 our camp. 



43. Loxia curvirostra minor. American Crossbill. — Common resi- 

 dent; breeds. 



44. Leucosticte tephrocotis. Gray-crowned Leucosticte. — Two 

 specimens taken from a flock containing about one hundred birds of both 

 L. tephrocotis and L. t. littoralis on March 14, 1906. 



45. Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis. Hepburn's Leucosticte. — 

 Abundant in large flocks when I arrived at Sparta, March 13, 1906, feeding 

 around haystacks and corrals. 



