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Collected a number of chipmonks 

 that are here in abundance; they ap- 

 pear to be more rufuscent than the 

 Okanagan race (affinis). There are 

 few pine squirrels, and all the white- 

 bellied kind. We were hunting for the 

 yellow-bellied species (douglasi) but 

 saw none. A half-breed hunter told 

 me that he had seen a few but that they 

 are scarce. He mentioned that a few 

 of the striped ground squirrels (Tam- 

 eas lateralis) had recently appeared; 

 they are probably coming into the 

 valley from the Hope Mountains 

 where they are abundant. My partner 

 spent the day with this hunter, visit- 

 ing his bear traps. One yearling bear 

 was taken. At this season of the year 

 they are feeding largely on wild 

 vetches, which grow luxuriantly in 

 many of the open glades in the yellow 

 pine forest. We spent the evening at 

 the half-breed's camp and in his Indian 

 monosyllabic fashion he told us hunt- 

 ing stories. On one occasion when 

 out of provisions he had lived for a 

 week on fool-hens' eggs (Canachites 

 franklini) — what a frightful waste! 



A cold wind had been blowing with- 

 out interruption since we arrived and 

 birds are hard to locate. The follow- 

 ing species were noted close to camp: 



Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis mam- 

 laria), common; Western Red-tail 

 (Buteo borealis calurus), two seen 

 Desert Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparver- 

 ius phalaena), not common; Richard- 

 son's Grouse (Dendragpus obscurus 

 richardsoni), common; Rocky Mount- 

 ain Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates vil- 

 losus monticola), common; Red-naped 

 Sapsucker (Sphyapicus varius nucha- 

 lis), common; Lewis' Woodpecker 

 (Asyndesmus lewisi), common; Cal- 

 liope), Hummingbird (Stellula calli- 

 ope), common; Olive-sided Flycatch- 

 er (Nuttallornis borealis), one seen; 

 Hammonds Flycatcher (Bmpidonx 

 hammondi), common; Western Crow 

 (Coruus brachyrhynchos hesperus), 



common; Western Meadowlark (Stum- 

 ella magna neglecta), common; North 

 western Red-wing (Agelanis phoeni- 

 ceus caurinus), common; Brewer's 

 Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), 

 common; Western Chipping Sparrow 

 (Spizella socialis arizoneae), common; 

 Western Lark Sparrow (Chondestes 

 grammacus straigatus), not common; 

 Shufeldt's Junco (Junco hyemalis con- 

 nectens), common; Sooty Song Spar- 

 row (Melospiza melodia rufina), com- 

 mon; Western Tanager (Piranga lud- 

 oviciana), common; Calaveras Warb- 

 ler (Vermivora rubricapillas guttural- 

 is), common; Audubon's Warbler 

 (Dendroica auduboni auduboni), com- 

 mon; Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus 

 calendula), common; Red-bellied Nut- 

 hatch (Sitta canadensis), common; 

 Mountain Chickadee (Penthestes gam- 

 beli gambeli), common; Olive-backed 

 Thrush (Hylocichla ustulata swain- 

 soni), common; Western Robin (Pla- 

 nesticus migratorius propinquus), com- 

 mon; Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes 

 townsendi), common. 



June 11. Heavy rain all day and we 

 did not break camp until noon. Pass- 

 ing through Princeton again our way 

 lay up the Tulameen River. The road 

 was high above the river in many 

 places blasted out of the hillside; a 

 rock bluff on the inside and a steep 

 slope into the canyon on the outside. 

 The timber along the road is chiefly 

 yellow pine and the soil dry and 

 sandy. 



Passing through a rock cutting a 

 solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) flew 

 across the front of the car; the air 

 from her wings fanning our faces. 

 Her nest was in a small crevice in 

 the rock on a level with our eyes as 

 we sat in the car. Examination showed 

 it to be loosely constructed of dry 

 grass, moss twigs and roots, lined with 

 dry grass. The four eggs proved to be 

 in an advanced stage of incubation. 



