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THE OOLOGIST. 



weather come into the gardens and 

 barn-yards in quest of food. At these 

 times many are caught in traps. 



405 Pileated Woodpecker, Ceophlceus 

 pileatus. Seen occasionally in the dense 

 wooded districts. A very retired spe- 

 cies. 



413 Red-shafted Ficker, Colaptes ca- 

 fer. Exceedingly common the whole 

 season. 



485 Oregon Jay, Perisoreus obscurus. 

 Very common. The plumage of this 

 bird is less brilliant than its eastern 

 relative, the Blue Jay. 



486 Am. Raven, Corvus cora sinualus. 

 A few seen, generally near some dead 

 carcas. Measurements of one specimen 

 secured by me was Alar spread four 

 feet, length 26 inches. They breed 

 mostly in Eastern Orogon. 



501b Western Meadow Lark, Stum- 

 ella magna neglecta. Very common, 

 seen in small flocks the entire season. 



581e Rusty Long Sparrow, Melospiza 

 fasciata guttata. Quite common, gen- 

 erally seen in the early morning. 



588b Oregon Towhee, Pipilo macula- 

 tus oregonus. Oregon Ground Robin, 

 as it is familiarly known here is very 

 abundant and may be seen in almost 

 any thick hedge or brush heap. 



722a Western Winter Wren, Troglo- 

 dytes hiemalis pacificus. Quite com- 

 mon in the partially cleared districts, 

 and seen mostly near some small 

 stream. 



761a Western Robin, Merula migra- 

 toria propinqua. Very plentiful and 

 seen the whole season, especially in the 

 early morning, when they may be seen 

 in larger numbers, leaving their nest- 

 ing place. I have observed several 

 Robin roosts in this locality. 



762 Mountain Robin, occasionally 

 seen in small flocks in montainous re- 

 gions and in dense fir groves. This 

 bird is exceedingly sly. 



701 Am. Dipper, Cinclus mexicanus . 

 Quite plenty along the rivers and small 

 streams, where they may be seen stand- 



ing on some rock just covered with 

 water, bobbing up and down in an ex- 

 ceedingly grotesque manner. 



767 Bluebird, Sialia viexicanus. Ob- 

 served in Nov., '90 generally in pairs, 

 but uncommon at this date. This bird 

 much resembles the Eastern Blue Bird, 

 only being much lighter in color. 



*** Cala. Crow, Grvous americanus 

 hesperis. Very common. Seen the en- 

 tire season and in large numbers. 



Several species of Woodpeckers were 

 also observed, but not being sufficient]}' 

 acquainted with them I omit them from 

 above list. Also a few Nuthatchs and 

 Warblers. 



Dr. A. G. Prill, 

 Sweet Home, Ore. 



Broad-winged Hawk- 

 (Buteo latissinus.) 

 The Broad-winged Hawk is genei'ally 

 distributed over the eastern portion of 

 North America, but seems nowhere 

 common. It prefers the low swampy 

 woods for breeding and feeds mostly 

 on frogs, and small quadrupeds, occa- 

 sionally varying its diet with ^i small 

 bird. 



This Hawk is much more easy to ap- 

 proach than is the Red-shouldered or 

 Red-tailed, and is prosecuted fully as 

 much by the farmers, who know all 

 Hawks as "Chicken" and '"Hen-hawks'' 

 and show no mercy to any. It is prob- 

 able that when all the Hawks have been 

 driven away or exterminated, the far- 

 mer will awaken to the fact that Hawks 

 are of some use, but it is useless to 

 argue this point with them, for they 

 will at once launch off into yarns about 

 devastated poultry yards, and still con- 

 tinue to punish Buteo for the capers of- 

 the wily Aceipiter. 



The measurements of the egg of this 

 bird are greatly overestimated by au- 

 thors, being given by one as from 2 x 

 1.70 to 2.15 x 1.72 inches. Dr. Coues, in 

 his "Key" gives measurements as 2.00 x 

 1.60 Langille, in "Our Birds in Their 



