i888.] Merrill on Birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon. -?CQ 



Spizella breweri.— Rather rare and local, but a few may be found in 

 open brushy plains among sage and greasewood. The exquisite song of 

 this species is utterly unlike the CoturniculusAWie lisping trill of S. fal- 

 lida, and is most often heard about twilight and dawn. 



Junco hyemalis oregonus. — None were observed during the winter. A 

 small flock arrived March 6, after which it soon became extremely com- 

 mon, but comparatively few remained to breed. 



Melospiza fasciata heermanni. — A few pass the winter in dense thickets 

 bordering the smaller streams, along the margin of which it finds an 

 abundance of food when snow covers the ground. Migrants return early 

 in March, and it soon becomes common, but is at all seasons closely con- 

 fined to the brush near water. [The five Song Sparrows (including one 

 in first plumage) taken by Dr. Merrill seem to be nearer heermanni than 

 to any other form, although they incline somewhat to guttata and mon- 

 tana also. They are evidently intermediates connecting at least two and 

 perhaps all three of the subspecies just mentioned. — W. B.] 



Melospiza lincolni. — A single specimen, shot March 14, was with a 

 troop of Mountain Titmice in a pine tree, the ground being still covered 

 with snow. The species was not again observed until May 5, when a female 

 was taken. Bi-eeds not uncommonly among the willows bordering many 

 of the valley and mountain streams, when its sweet, somewhat wren-like 

 song is often heard. 



Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis. 



Passerella iliaca megarhyncha.— Both these forms occur as common 

 migrants. While it is probable that the latter may breed in this vicinity, 

 I obtained no evidence of its doing so. 



Pipilo maculatus oregonus. — A pair seen and the male secured March 7, 

 the snow being still deep. These Towhees seem to be decidedly rare 

 about the Fort as but one other specimen was seen during the spring and 

 summer, although there is much cover apparently just suited to them. 

 [The male above mentioned has the rufous of the sides about as in Rocky 

 Mountain specimens of megalonyx, but the white markings of the back, 

 wings and tail are nearly as restricted as in true oregotius. Typical 

 examples of the latter seem to come only from the coast of Washington 

 Territory and northern Oregon, all the birds that I have seen from Cali- 

 fornia being very like this Klamath specimen. — W. B.] 



Pipilo chlorurus. — Rather common during summer, and not so closely 

 confined to brush and thickets as are others of the genus. Besides its 

 pleasant song and the alarm note, there is another, rarely ^heard and ap- 

 parently only when the bird's curiosity is excited without alarming it; 

 this is a loud and distinct meiv-'wie, which is very characteristic. 



Habia melanocephala. — A male killed June 11, the only one seen. 



Passerina amcena. — Qinte common, arriving about May 20, and breed- 

 ing among willows and manzanita bushes. 



Piranga ludoviciana. — Arrives in the spring about the first of May, and 

 soon becomes very common among the firs and pines, in which the bril- 

 liant plumage of the males shows to great advantage. The song is much 

 like that of the Robin, but is more rapidly given. Here this Tanager is 



