GROSBEAKS, FINCHES, SPARROWS: Family Fringillidae [569] 



on collected specimens. We have skins from Tillamook and Lincoln 

 Counties and from numerous points in the Willamette Valley and con- 

 sider the species most regular along the coast south to and including 

 Lincoln County. 



At one time all of the breeding juncos of this territory were called 

 /. o. oregonus, and this has made it impossible to correctly determine the 

 proper allocation of old records. Anthony (1886) recorded it as abundant 

 in Washington County, but this record obviously applies largely to /. o. 

 shufeldti, although the present form undoubtedly occurred there sparingly 

 in his time just as it does now. Mearns' (1879) an d Merrill's (1888) 

 breeding records from Klamath County are undoubtedly referable to /. o. 

 thurberi, and Bendire's breeding records from Camp Harney to J. o. shu- 

 feldti. Bowies' (i9oib) eggs recorded from Waldo, Josephine County, 

 also are properly referable to /. o. thurberi. Of the winter records, the 

 majority of those west of the Cascades and also those east of that range 

 undoubtedly are now to be considered /. o. shufeldti, although a number 

 of this form occurs. 



Shufeldt's Junco: 



Junco oreganus sbufeldti Coale 



DESCRIPTION. "Similar to oreganus, but head and neck blackish slate instead of jet 

 black, back dull brown and sides pinkish brown. Male: length (skins) 5.55-6.2.0, 

 wing 3.oo-3.zz, tail z.6z-z.84, bill .42.-. 46. Female: length (skins) 5.40-5^, 

 wing z.8z-3.o8, tail 2.. 30-2.. 71, bill .41-. 43." (Bailey) Nest and eggs: Same as those 

 of/, o. oreganus (Plate 94). 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from central British Columbia to Alberta and south 

 to Oregon. Winters south to Mexico. In Oregon: Breeds from Columbia River to 

 Umpqua Valley and south in Cascades to vicinity of Three Sisters and eastward in 

 Blue Mountains to Idaho line. Winters throughout State. 



SHUFELDT'S JUNCO (Plate 93, B) is the common junco of the State except 

 in the southern part. It breeds throughout the wooded sections of west- 

 ern Oregon and in the Blue Mountains in suitable locations. Bendire 

 (1877) listed juncos as breeding birds on Canyon Mountain, the first 

 Oregon record that can unquestionably be referred to this form, although 

 of many later notes, the majority undoubtedly refer to this species. The 

 present name, /. o. shufeldti, was first used by Bohlman (1903) in referring 

 to Oregon birds, and Miller (1904) recorded juncos under this name from 

 Wheeler County. Since that time there have been numerous records. 

 The summer birds from the northern Cascades are undoubtedly this form, 

 gradually merging into /. o. thurberi in the vicinity of the Three Sisters, 

 in eastern Lane County. In the Umpqua Valley the same intergradation 

 occurs. 



The nests are usually neatly woven of grass and rootlets and are built 



