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of a couple of birds seen in the demesne. Humming-birds are 

 very rare in the Yakima country. 



53. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Not common. A quiet bird 

 beside his garrulous cousin. 



54. Tyrannus vet ticalis. Arkansas kingbird.— Common. On the 

 increase. 



55. Sayornis saya. Say's Phoebe.— I did not make the acquaint- 

 ance of this bird during my first residence of two years, '86-'87. 

 The first bird was seen in a Tampico barn in the spring of 1891. 

 Since then it has increased rapidly, until it is now the presiding 

 genius of every hop-house (dryer) and barn. A typical spring 

 record is February 20, 1900. 



56. Contopus r ichardsonii. Western Wood Pe wee.— Not very com- 

 mon. A bird of marked local attachments, and probably on the 

 increase. 



57. Empidonax hammondi. Hammond's Flycatcher. — If one may 

 believe anything at all about these very difficult "gnat-kings," 

 Hammond's is the common bird and the noisiest of the lot. In 

 the "spring" migration of 1899 he arrived on June 14, and very 

 presently set up housekeeping. I found his nest on the 27th. On 

 July 4th it contained one egg^ and on July 10th still only two, 

 which I took. The eggs in this case were not white but creamy, 

 with scattered spots of reddish-brown, much like a Western 

 Wood Pewee's. Weary! weary! but those Empidonaces are a 

 most ungetatable lot, the tricksiest sprites in nature. 



58. Octocoris alpestris leucolaema. Pallid Horned Lark. — The win- 

 ter birds, which are not common, are believed to belong to this 

 sub-species. 



59. Otocoris alpestris merrilli. Dusky Horned Lark. — Common ; 

 especially so on the summits of the treeless ranges, where it 

 breeds freely. 



.60. Pica pica hudsonica. American Magpie.— The most badly 

 wanted bird of the Yakima. Incessant persecutions have only 

 produced additional convolutions in the cerebral hemispheres of 

 Magpie's brain, and the bird still has a fighting chance for life. 

 In my little day I have semi-officially inspected something over 

 a hundred fortifications which this bird was pleased to erect for 

 the defense of his children. 



61. Cyannocitta stelleri annectens. Black-headed Jay. -Common 

 in the evergreen timber. Rare below. 



62. Corvus americanus. American Crow. —An old residenter with 

 many strange habits, but no "characters" differing from the east- 

 ern bird. 



63. Nucifraga columbiana, Clarke's Nutcracker.— Not rare in 

 heavy timber. 



61. Molothrus ater. Cowbird.— Unknown till recently. 



65. Agelaiusphoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird.— Fairly common. 



66. Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadow Lark.— Common. 



