[ill] BIRDS OF OREGON 



great shallow lakes of Klamath, Lake, and Harney Counties, although it 

 is found in smaller numbers on the Snake and Malheur Rivers (occasion- 

 ally -wintering on the latter), on the Columbia River throughout its 

 course along the Oregon border, and on the smaller lakes in Wallowa 

 County (Wallowa Lake), and in the Cascades (Davis Lake). Jewett found 

 four swans -wintering in 1913-14 on Davis Creek, the outlet of the above 

 lake. He saw the birds twice in late January. They have been reported 

 by many observers from the Willamette Valley and the Lower Columbia 

 River. In fact our records and those published by others cover the entire 

 State, with the exception of the coast counties south of Clatsop, of 

 Jackson and Josephine Counties in southern Oregon (and we believe that 

 more opportunity for observation would result in finding them occa- 

 sionally in that territory), and of a few interior counties of eastern Ore- 

 gon, such as Grant, Wheeler, Union, and Jefferson, where, however, we 

 may expect to find them during migration on any sufficient body of water. 

 It would be a curious individual, indeed, who would not thrill to the 

 musical bugling of these huge white birds and to the sight of them resting 

 gracefully on the water or beating their way against the wind with slow 

 but powerful thrusts of their wide pinions. Their calls are the very voice 

 of the wild untamed north itself, and we rejoice exceedingly that these 

 swans seem to be holding their own during the last few years, since 

 absolute protection has been afforded them. 



Trumpeter Swan: 



Cygnus buccinator Richardson 



DESCRIPTION. Exactly like the Whistling Swan except for its larger size and differ- 

 ences as follows: Bill and lores entirely black, lacking the yellow spot usually 

 present in the former species, and the distance from the eye to the back of the nostril 

 less than the rest of the bill. Downy young: (Not known.) Si%e: Length 60-66, wing 

 2.1.00-2.7.50, bill 4.30-4.70. Nest: A mass of grass, intermingled with feathers and 

 down. Eggs: 2. to 8, usually 4 to 6, creamy white to dull white. 

 DISTRIBUTION. General: Bred formerly from Alaska, northern Mackenzie, and James 

 Bay south to British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Mis- 

 souri and wintered south to Gulf of Mexico to California. In Oregon: Formerly 

 reported by many observers but no authentic records for many years. 



THE TRUMPETER SWAN, the largest and most magnificent North American 

 waterfowl, is practically extinct and has been for many years. A few are 

 known to breed in British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, and Yellowstone 

 Park and, because of the careful protection afforded them, may now be 

 holding their own. Whether or not these few remaining birds are enough 

 to increase their numbers remains to be seen. 



The first Oregon report of the Trumpeter Swan was made by Lewis and 

 Clark (1814) from the mouth of the Columbia River (January z, 1806), 

 and they reported it again, from Deer Island (March 18, 1806), on their 



