[512.] BIRDS OF OREGON 



suitable ecological conditions. It is most abundant in the great tule 

 marshes of Klamath, Lake, and Harney Counties and is found there in 

 company with the energetic and noisy Western Marsh Wren. It arrives 

 in April (earliest date, April 9, Lake County) and remains until Septem- 

 ber (latest date, September 15, Klamath County). It is most conspicuous 

 in May and June when its loud, clear song, which has been interpreted 

 wreech-ity, wreech-ity, wreech-ity, wreech-ity, is one of the most familiar bird 

 notes. It was first recorded by Merrill (1888) from Fort Klamath as a 

 common summer resident and since that time has been frequently listed 

 from various sections of the State. 



Nothing has been written about its nesting habits in this State, its 

 secretive ways making intensive search necessary to learn anything about 

 its domestic affairs, and we have record of only one nest, containing three 

 fresh eggs, which Jewett found at Harriman Lodge, Klamath County, 

 May 2.8, 1916. 



Pacific Yellow-throat: 



Geothlyfis trie has arize I a Oberholser 



DESCRIPTION.- "Similar to occidentalis, but smaller, and with smaller bill, shorter 

 wing and tail, duller coloration, and white band on head narrower; yellow of under 

 parts less orange. Male: length (skins) 4.49-4.91, wing 1.07-2.. 18, tail 1.94-1.14, 

 bill .39-. 43. Female: length (skins) 4.15-4.71, wing 1.00-1.08, tail 1.89-1.97, bill 

 .39." (Bailey) Nesf and eggs: Similar to occidental}* (Plate 87, A). 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Pacific coast, Washington, and Oregon west of Cascades. 

 In Oregon: Breeding form west of Cascades. 



As INDICATED in our discussion of the Western Yellow-throat, we feel that 

 there is a much greater and more constant difference between our eastern 

 and western Oregon yellow-throats than there is between many recog- 

 nized subspecies. We see little point in the endless multiplication of 

 named forms based on slight average differences of size or color, but if 

 such distinctions are to be recognized at all, the breeding race of yellow- 

 throats west of the Cascades in Oregon and Washington is deserving of 

 a name, and we are therefore using the name, "Pacific Yellow-throat," 

 (Plate 87, B) to designate it. The form probably extends to British 

 Columbia, but material from that source is not available to us at this 

 time. 



Johnson (1880) first recorded the yellow-throat from the territory 

 assigned to this race. Anthony (1886) listed it from Washington County, 

 and Woodcock (1901) gave numerous stations in western Oregon. It is 

 a regular summer resident and breeding species, not only in the Willamette 

 Valley but along the coastal marshes as well. It arrives in April (earliest 

 date, March 2.2., Jackson County) and remains until September (latest 

 date, October 6, Multnomah County). Currier (ms.) took eggs near 



