WOOD WARBLERS: Family Compsothlypidae [517] 



Cooke's (i89ib) and Peck's (1896) records of the Pileolated Warbler from 

 Salem and Finley's (1902.) note as to its breeding in the coastal moun- 

 tains of Oregon all properly belong in this subspecies. In addition to 

 these records, numerous other published notes from western Oregon refer 

 to this form. 



We have no breeding records, but Currier (ms.) has kindly supplied us 

 with the following notes on a nest taken by him at Linnton, Multnomah 

 County, June 17, 1917: 



Hillside nest one foot above the ground in a crotch of fallen dead bush well hidden by sword 

 ferns. Eggs four, well advanced in incubation. Female on nest when found. 



American Redstart: 



Setopbaga ruticilla (Linnaeus) 



DESCRIPTION. "Adult male: Black with bluish gloss, except for white belly and 

 under tail coverts, and salmon or orange patches on sides of breast, wings, and tail. 

 Adult female: black of male replaced by grayish olive, and orange by yellow. Im- 

 mature male: similar to female, but smaller, browner, and color patches deeper; after 

 first winter plumage interspersed with black feathers. Immature female: like adult 

 female, but gray more brownish, throat and chest tinged with brownish buff; 

 yellow of breast less distinct, and that on wings partly or wholly concealed. Young, 

 first plumage: upper parts grayish brown; under parts grayish white, pale gray on 

 chest; breast without yellow; wings and tail like older birds, but with two whitish 

 or yellowish bands. Male: length (skins) 4.61-5.00, wing i. 40-2.. 64, tail 1.05- 

 2.. 2.8, bill .2.8-. 35. Female: length (skins) 4.41-4.76, wing 1.2.8-1.60, tail 1.93-1.18, 

 bill .31-. 3 5." (Bailey) Nest: In trees, sometimes high up, a compact cup of plant 

 fibers, bark, and down. Eggs: 3 to 5, white, greenish, or grayish, spotted around 

 the larger end with brown and lilac. 



DISTRIBUTION.- General: Breeds from British Columbia, Mackenzie, Quebec, and 

 Newfoundland south to Washington, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and 

 North Carolina. Winters in West Indies and in Central and South America. In 

 Oregon: Casual migrant and perhaps rare summer resident of Blue Mountain district. 



So FAR AS we know, the American Redstart is of only casual occurrence 

 in Oregon. Emerson (1901) recorded a specimen in the University of 

 California Collection taken July i, 1899, at Jhn Day, which was the 

 first published record for the State. Miller (1904) listed the same speci- 

 men. Peck (191 1 a) reported the species from Willow Creek in northern 

 Malheur County, June 30 and July 14, 1910, and Jewett (i9i6a) took two 

 specimens at McEwen, Baker County, August 19 and 2.0, 1915. The last 

 specimen that we have seen from the State is one taken by Jewett at 

 Minam, Wallowa County, July 12., 1916. It will be noted that these 

 locality records are well distributed throughout the Blue Mountain area. 

 Furthermore, the fact that all of them are July and August dates would 

 indicate that the bird breeds at least occasionally in that part of the 

 State, although we have no definite information regarding it. 



