194 Mearns on Birds at Fort Klamath. 



literature of the subject. In January of the present year {anteh, p. 

 58), Mr. Ruthven Deane first added something to the meagre 

 knowledge we then possessed, giving the experiences of Mr. G. H. 

 Ragsdale with the species in Texas. Mr. Ragsdale, it appears, took 

 three specimens, all of which wei'e preserved, and was shown a nest 

 with one e^g, said to be of a Vireo with a black head, but not thor- 

 oughly identified. 



Mr. Deane's and Mr. Brewster's articles throw much light upon 

 the history of a hitherto little-known species, but one which will 

 probably soon become comnaon in collections ; and the plate now 

 given will, we are sure, be appreciated by our readers as timely and 

 acceptable. 



A PARTIAL LIST OF THE BIRDS OF FORT KLAMATH, 

 OREGON, COLLECTED BY LIEUTENANT WILLIS WIT- 

 TICH, U. S. A., WITH ANNOTATIONS AND ADDITIONS 

 BY THE COLLECTOR. 



BY EDGAR A. MEARNS. 



{Concluded from p. 166.) 



40. Picicorvus columbianus ( Wilson). Clarke's Nutcracker. — 

 No. 29, 9, June, 1875 ; No. 30, (? ad., 1876. The first specimen, doubt- 

 less a young bird, has a faint suffusion of brownish laid over the ash of 

 the dorsal surface, and the bill is much shorter and more convex. Quite 

 common as a resident. Mrs. Wittich writes that they sometimes come 

 about the officers' quarters, and keep around the kitchens. 



41. Pica melanoleuca hudsonica {Sabine). American Mag- 

 pie. — No. 80, 9 ad., 1878; No. 86, ^ ad., 1878. A common species. 

 Breeds. Lieutenant Wittich fiirnishes the following notes on its breeding : 

 "On May 12, 1878, while on the plain opposite the post, about 3^ 

 miles out, and near the edge of timber, I found, in a thorny bush, 

 or low tree, a Magpie's nest. Scrambling up through the stiff, wiry 

 branches, I looked in and saw four young, without a vestige of either down 

 or feathers, and mouths like — well, like young birds. The nest was 

 built of twigs of a dead pine-tree that had been barked and whitened by 

 weather. It was furnished with a kind of superstructure of the same ma- 

 terial, forming a fine, rustic lattice-work above the nest, having an aperture 

 in the top, large enough to admit the parent bu-ds." 



42. Cyanurua stelleri frontalis, Ridgway. California Mottn- 



