62 The Wilson Bulletin. 



stricted range. Found commonly in the bottom of valleys in the 

 lower slopes. 



22. Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus. Columbian Sharp-tailed 

 Grouse. — The local "Prairie Chicken" was once abundant, but is 

 falling off in numbers every year. Where they are able to hold 

 their own at all, it is in the oldest settled parts where food is 

 plentiful and some protection afforded. 



23. Centrocercus urophasianus. Sage Grouse.— Sixteen years ago a 

 neighbor boy showed me a nest of Sage Hen's eggs from which I 

 was allowed to abstract "just one." The remainder were des- 

 tined in due season for a domestic career. The parent bird re- 

 turned within an hour, and, smelling the odor of humans, ruth- 

 lessly destroyed the tainted eggs. It served us jolly well right, 

 too: those eggs should have been appropriated in the name of 

 science — neighbor to the contrary notwithstanding. Hold! I for- 

 get! He was bigger than I. The Sage Grouse of the Yakima is 

 rapidly nearing extinction. I saw only one small flock during 

 my last year's residence. 



24. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove.— Abundant. 



25. Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture.— Not uncommon. Nests in 

 caves and crevices of the Natchez cliffs and elsewhere. 



26. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. — Perhaps the commonest 

 hawk twenty years ago. The rustic has waged a witless warfare 

 against it, and is reaping a well deserved harvest of "ground 

 squirrels" in consequence. 



27. Accipiter vclox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Not uncommon. 



28. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. — The species was 

 unknown to me during my earlier residence, but I saw one bird 

 on the Lower Yakima in the summer of '99. 



29. Buteo swainsonii. Swainson's Hawk.— All the Buteos are 

 rare here in Yakima, but this is probably the commonest one. 



30. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. American Rough-legged 

 Hawk. — Three individuals clearly distinguished April 3, 1900. 



31. Archibuteo ferrugineus. Ferruginous Rough-leg.— No consid- 

 erable walk or ride over the barren foot-hills is complete without 

 a glimpse of these majestic birds. 



32. Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle.— I have a record of a 

 solitary eagle guarding his nest on the Yakima river, near Snipe's 

 mountain. Also a "yard record" for March 5, 1900. The bird was, 

 of course, flying overhead. 



33. Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. — Not uncommon when 

 once the eyes have been opened, but it is a bird of which vulgus 

 homo knows nothing. It is to be seen most frequently about the 

 summits of the untimbered ranges. 



34. Falco peregrinus anatum. Duck Hawk. — While riding along 

 at the head of a funeral procession, where I didn't care to crane 

 my neck too curiously, I saw a Peregrine Falcon make a wanton 

 swoop of a hundred yards or so and then go mincing off like a 



