Birds of Yakima County, Washington. 65 



The bird with the merry heart which maketh a glad countenance. 



67. Icterus bullocki. Bullock's Oriole.— Common. Increasing. 



68. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird.— One of 

 the autochthones. Omnipresent and not justly complained of. 



69. Loxia curvirostra minor. American Crossbill. — Resident in 

 mountains. 



70. Loxia leucoptera. White-winged Crossbill. — One record, May 

 15, 1891. 



71. Acanthis linaria. Redpoll. — Swarms in winter. 



72. Astragalinus tristis. American Goldfinch. — Fairly common. 



73. Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. — Noted during my last year's 

 residence throughout the year, except in winter. Where and 

 when they breed is the mystery, since they are back by the mid- 

 dle of March and appear in care- free troops the rest of the time. 



74. Passerina nivalis. Snowflake. — Unmistakably heard once, No- 

 vember 4, 1899. 



75. Pooecctes gram'meus canfinis. Western Vesper Sparrow.— Fair- 

 ly common. 



76. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. Western Lark Sparrow.— Not 

 very common. Perhaps increasing. 



77. Zonotrichia leucophrys gambellii. Intermediate Sparrow. — 

 Swarms through the country during migration, and probably re- 

 mains sparingly to breed. 



78. Spizella monticola ochracea. Western Tree Sparrow.— Once 

 recorded a flock of 25, on February 17, 1900, in the Ahtanum valley. 



79. Spizella socialis arizonae. Western Chipping Sparrow. — Uni- 

 versally but sparingly distributed up to and a little beyond pine 

 timber. 



80. Spizella breweri. Brewer's Sparrow.— The sage wastes in 

 spring and summer fairly teem with these sprightly and tuneful 

 sparrows. Under their zealous ministrations the desert is trans- 

 formed into a passable paradise of song. 



81. Junco hyemalis connectens. Shufeldt's Junco.— Relying upon 

 the example of Mr. Rathbun ("The Auk," April, 1902, p. 137), I 

 set down the breeding bird of the timbered mountains as J. h. 

 connectens. The wicter birds of the lower valleys belong prob- 

 ably to the next sub-species. 



82. Junco hyemalis oregonus. Oregon Junco.— Common in winter. 



83. Amphbpiza belli nevadensis. Sage Sparrow. — Noted only dur- 

 ing the spring of 1895, when one specimen, a singing male, was 

 taken from a group of resident birds. 



84. Melospiza melodia morphna. Rusty Song Sparrow. — Common 

 resident. The Yakima Song Sparrow may prove to have closer 

 affinities with M. m. merrilli, or even to deserve separate elabora- 

 tion. 



85. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. — Common. The 

 Towhee of eastern Washington will fall an easy victim to the 

 first species hunter with a gun. 



