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Merrill on Birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon. [October 



ing, so much like that of some sniikes that no prudent squirrel would 

 venture to enter the hole. 



A nest found May 25 was in an old Woodpecker's hole in an aspen stub 

 about ten feet from the ground. Five fresh eggs, averaging .62 by .47 

 inch, lay m a thick bed of tufts of hair fi'om some small mammal. 



A set of six fresh eggs, taken June i, average .65 by .51 inch. The nest 

 was at the bottom of a Colaptes excavation in a partially dead aspen, the 

 entrance being large enough to admit my arm. The usual thick mass of 

 fur was at the bottom, and in the middle of this mass, as in the first nest» 

 were the eggs. In the succeeding cases incubation had begun and the eggs 

 were upon the nest lining, exposed as usual ; it may be that this species 

 is sometimes in the habit of burying its eggs in the lining until ready to 

 sit. 



Six eggs were taken June 2 from a nest in a rotten pine stump about 

 three feet from the ground ; there had been a natural opening in the bark 

 and stump, and the cavity had been enlarged and shaped by the 

 birds. The wide bottom of the excavation had been covered with a thick 

 level bed of fur in which was a sharply cupped cavity for the eggs, 

 which average .63 by .48 inch. 



A fourth nest, found June 6, was in a Woodpecker's cavity in a pine stump 

 about three feet from the ground. As I approached, the female appeared 

 for a moment at the entrance of the hole, but returned to the nest, from 

 which I had to lift her after splitting open the stump. The eggs were 

 six in number, and average .64 by .47 inch. 



A nest found July 4, at Corral Spring, was in a pine, and about six feet 

 from the ground ; the eight eggs average .66 by .50 inch. 



A few feet from this nest was another of the same species containing 

 young. 



Of these five sets of eggs two are entirely unspotted ; in two, one or two 

 eggs are pure white, the others having faint light brown spots, mostly at 

 the larger end; in the other set two of the eggs are quite unmarked, but 

 the others have distinct reddish spots. 



Psaltriparus . — A Least Tit was rather common during the 



fall migration in August, but was not observed in spring. Although no 

 specimens were obtained, I think that all of those seen were either mint 

 mits or californicus. Mr. Henshaw, however, found P. plumbeus "among 

 the barren pinon hills near Carson City," Nevada.* 



Regulus satrapa olivaceus. — Very common in autumn, and in winter 

 until the middle of January, when stormy weather began and continued 

 with scarcely an intermission until March. None were then seen until 

 March 18, but they soon became as abundant as before, and so continued 

 until about the middle of April; none were seen in the vicinity of the Fort 

 after April 25. In July and August this Kinglet was found quite abundant 

 in the mountains above 5500 feet, at that height entirely replacing the 

 next species. The males were still in full song, and with the females 



* Wheeler's U. S. Geog. Surv. Rep. for 1879, p. 288. 



