[508] BIRDS OF OREGON 



Oregon, where it is regularly found in some numbers. We have a number 

 of specimens and eight records from Coos and Jackson Counties in addi- 

 tion to those published previously. The Biological Survey files contain 

 manuscript records by Fisher, from Forest Grove and Glendale, and by 

 Peck, from Reston. There are also several specimens in the Carnegie 

 Museum from Beaverton. 



Western Palm Warbler: 



Dendroica falmarum palmarum (Gmelin) 



DESCRIPTION. "Adults in summer: Crown chestnut, bordered by yellow superciliary; 

 back olive or brown, narrowly streaked with darker and becoming olive green on 

 rump and upper tail coverts; two outer tail feathers with large terminal spots of 

 white; throat, breast, and under tail coverts light yellow; chest, and sometimes 

 sides of throat, more or less streaked; belly whitish, more or less mixed with yellowish. 

 Adults in winter: chestnut of crown obscured or concealed; throat and chest whitish 

 instead of yellowish. Young in first jail and winter: similar, but upper parts browner, 

 superciliary less distinct, and markings of under parts more suffused. Length: 4.50- 

 5.50, wing 1.51, tail 2.. 14." (Bailey) Nest: On ground, made of grass, shreds of bark, 

 and moss, lined with plant down and feathers. Eggs: Creamy white, spotted, around 

 larger end mostly, with brown and purple. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from southern Mackenzie and northern Manitoba 

 south to northern Minnesota. Winters from southern Florida to West Indies and 

 Mexico. In Oregon: Rare straggler for which there is only a single record. 



THE WESTERN PALM WARBLER is a species normally found east of the 

 Rockies and can be considered only as an accidental visitor to Oregon. 

 Jewett took a single specimen, a male, in Catlow Valley, Harney County 

 (Jewett Coll. No. 1949) on September 2.6, 1913. It was in a little clump 

 of willows and is the only record to date. 



GrinneH's Water Thrush: 



Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis Ridgway 



DESCRIPTION. "Adults: Upper parts sooty olive brown; superciliary dingy white; 

 stripe through eye dark brown; under parts usually white with little if any yellow 

 tinge; throat finely, and breast and sides broadly streaked with blackish. Young: 

 like adults, but streaks on under parts less distinct, and feathers of upper parts tipped 

 with light fulvous, producing a spotted appearance. Male: length (skins) 5.14- 

 5.84, wing 1.90-3.10, tail 1.00-1.2.5, bill .49-. 63. Female: length (skins) 5.01-5.99, 

 wing 1.88-3.11, tail 1.91-1.18, bill .48-. 56." (Bailey) Nest: On or near the ground, 

 in wet woods, made of moss and dried grass. Eggs: 3 to 6, white, spotted with 

 reddish brown or lilac. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from northwestern Alaska, northern Yukon, and 

 central Mackenzie south to southern British Columbia, central Montana, north- 

 western Nebraska, and northern Minnesota. Winters in West Indies and Mexico 

 south into South America. In Oregon: Rare straggler that has occurred only once. 



REED FERRIS took a male Grinnell's Water Thrush at Beaver, on August 

 2.6, 1931, which is the only record for the State. This skin was included 



