48 Bird - Lore 



Juncos; Northern Shrike, i; Oregon Chickadee, 5. Total, 12 species, about 232 in- 

 dividuals. The Goshawk was seen coming up the river toward me as he was pursuing 

 the Kingfisher. Just as the latter was close to me I stood up to get abetter view, when the 

 Hawk instantly halted in mid-air and retreated as the Kingfisher flew on past me. It 

 was a rather exciting picture. — P. H. Steele. 



Sacaton, Arizona (from Santan Day School on Pima Indian Reservation to Gila 

 River and return in circular route). — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear; ground bare, 

 plenty of feed for all; very calm; temp, average, 65°. Killdeer, 16; Gambel's Quail, 500; 

 Mourning Dove, 31; Turkey Vulture, 6; Western Red-tailed Hawk, 4; Roadrunner, 4; 

 Gila Woodpecker, 6; Red-shafted Flicker, 9; Red- winged Blackbird subsp., 30; Western 

 Meadowlark, 60; Brewer's Blackbird, 80; Western Vesper Sparrow, 50; White-crowned 

 Sparrow, 270; Intermediate Junco, 40; Texas Cardinal, 14; Western Blue Grosbeak (male), 

 i; White-rumped Shrike, 6; Palmer's Thrasher, 18; Lead-colored Bush-tit, 11. Total, 

 19 species, 1,156 individuals. The Blue Grosbeak was studied with 8x glasses at close 

 range; dark blue in color; bluish bill, very strong and wide. — John B. Slate. 



Spokane, Wash, (to Long Lake and back). — Dec. 23; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear; ground 

 bare; stiff north breeze; temp. 32° at start, 35° at return. Thirty miles by auto, 3 miles 

 on foot. Observers together. Pied-billed Grebe, i (collected); Belted Kingfisher, i; 

 Red-shafted Flicker, 6; American Magpie, 2; American Red Crossbill, 8; Willow Gold- 

 finch, 4; Oregon Junco, 25; Merrill's Song Sparrow, 2; Slender-billed Nuthatch, i; Red- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 4; Pygmy Nuthatch, 6; Oregon Chickadee, 10; Western Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 7; Western Robin, i; Western Bluebird, 5. Total, 15 species, 83 

 individuals. The weather so far this winter has been invariably mild, snowless and almost 

 frostless, so that the usual flocks of birds from the north are mostly absent. — Fred- 

 erick Greenwood, Dr. A. H. Benefiel and Walter Bruce. 



Multnomah (near Portland), Ore., to Columbia Slough (near Vancouver), Wash. — 

 Dec. 23; 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. Clear; wind westerly; temp. 40°. Thirty miles by auto., 7 on 

 foot. Observers together. Glaucous- winged Gull, 12; Herring Gull, 87; Mallard, 45; 

 Canada Goose, 43; Great Blue Heron, i; Killdeer, i; Desert Sparrow Hawk, 2; Ken- 

 nicott's Screech Owl, i; Northwestern Flicker, 9; (Streaked?) Horned Lark, 51; Stellar's 

 Jay, 7; Western Meadowlark, 27; Brewer's Blackbird, 35; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 2; 

 Oregon Junco, 241; Rusty Song Sparrow, 19; Oregon Towhee, 11; Western Winter 

 Wren, i; Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, 11; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 15; Western 

 Robin, 5; Western Bluebird, 5. Total, 22 species, about 630 individuals. — Mamie E. 

 Campbell, A. L. Campbell and O. I. Gale. 



Portland, Ore.— Dec. 23; 9.30 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. and 1.45 to 5 p.m. Fair, after 

 several days' hard rain; light wind, mostly northeast; ground bare; average temp. 41°. 

 Glaucous-winged Gull, 13; California Gull, 18; Mallard, 8; Bufflehead, 4; Canada 

 Goose, 100; Great Blue Heron, 2; American Coot, 25; Ring-necked Pheasant, i; Desert 

 Sparrow Hawk, 2; Northwestern Flicker, 6; Western Crow, 87; Northwestern Crow, 2; 

 Western Meadowlark, 14; Willow Goldfinch, 50; Nuttall's Sparrow, 2; Golden-crowned 

 Sparrow, 13; Oregon Junco, 115; Rusty Song Sparrow, 18; Yakutat Fox Sparrow, i; 

 Oregon Towhee, 7; Oregon Chickadee, i; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2; Western Robin, 

 30. Total, 23 species, 520 individuals. — Mary E. Raker. 



Portland, Ore. — Dec. 26; 9 a.m. to i p.m. and 1.45 to 4.30 p.m. Ground bare; rain 

 throughout day; temp. 43° to 58°. California Gull, 6; Mallard, 4; Blue- winged Teal, 5; 

 Bufflehead, 100; Canada Goose, i; American Coot, 10; Ring-necked Pheasant, 5; 

 Desert Sparrow Hawk, i; Belted Kingfisher, 2; Harris's Woodpecker, i; Northwestern 

 Flicker, 2; Willow Goldfinch, 4; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 12; Oregon Junco, 70; Rusty 

 Song Sparrow, 16; Oregon Towhee, 7; Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 4; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 2; Western Robin, 30; Varied Thrush, 2. Total, 20 species, 277 individuals. — 

 Helen D. Tonseth. 



