[604] BIRDSOFOREGON 



Semipalmated Sandpiper: 



Enunetes pusillus (Linnaeus) 



TOWNSEND (1839') listed this bird as found in the territory of Oregon. It 

 is occasionally reported for British Columbia and Washington, and we 

 have collected extensive series of Western Sandpipers in the hopes of 

 obtaining this very similar bird. To date we have not been successful. 



Long-tailed Jaeger: 



Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot 



WOODCOCK (1901) recorded this bird in the Oregon list on Anthony's 

 statement that it occurred off the coast. There is every reason to believe 

 that this is correct, but despite rather extensive collecting offshore and 

 along the beaches we have never succeeded in obtaining this species. 

 Neither are there any existing specimens so far as we have been able to 

 learn. It should eventually be taken. 



Gull-billed Tern: 



Gelochelidon nilotica aranea (Wilson) 



THIS is another case of mistaken identity. The bird was listed for Oregon 

 by Woodcock (1901) on the statement of Bernard J. Bretherton that it 

 was a very common fall migrant on Yaquina Bay. The bird was un- 

 doubtedly confused with the Arctic or some other migrating tern. 



Temminck's Murrelet: 



Synthliboramphus wumi^usume (Temminck) 



WOODCOCK (1902.) listed this Asiatic species on the strength of statements 

 by Bernard J. Bretherton. It has no place in Oregon bird literature and 

 has long ago been discarded from North American lists. 



Morcom's Hummingbird: 



Atthis heloisa morcomi Ridgway 



PRILL (192.2^) recorded this species in his list of birds collected in Lake 

 County, Oregon, a positive case of mistaken identity. The bird is now 

 regarded as identical with Atthis heloisa heloisa. 



Nuttall's Woodpecker: 



Dryobates nuttalli (Gambel) 



NEWBERRY (1857) is reported to have taken one of these birds in the 

 Umpqua Valley in August 1855. We have not been able to trace the 



