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under balsams or under the deciduous trees of a lower altitude. Two 

 nests were found in balsam trees three and five feet respectively from 

 the ground.* 



567«. Junco hyemalis oregonus (Towns.) [218.] 



Oregon Junco. 



Hab. Western North America. Breeds along the Pacific coast region from California northward to 

 Sitka. 



Mr. A. W. Anthony notes this as one of the most common birds 



of Northwestern Oregon, rearing three and often four broods in a 



season. He states that the birds nest in various locations ; in hollows of 



the ground under low bushes, the nest being built flush with the 



surface ; also in holes among the roots of bushes and trees, and many 



nests are found under wood-piles. Some were found built on the 



shelf of a railroad cut, which was screened by a thick curtain of 



vines. Nesting begins about the last of March, or first of April. 



The materials of the nests are dry grasses rather loosely put together 



with a lining of cow-hair. The eggs are usually four, rarely five in 



number. Several sets in Mr. Norris' collection, on the whole bear a 



great resemblance to those of J. hyemalis. One of four eggs was 



taken near Salem, Oregon, May 5, 1888. These have a greenish-white 



ground, speckled and wreathed with vinaceous ; their sizes are .77 x 



•59) -77 ^-59) •76X.60, .78X.59. A set of three collected June 2, 1888, 



near Fort Klamath are bluish-white and marked like the first set; 



sizes: .78X.57, .79X.57, .75X.57. A third set of three taken by 



Dr. James C. Merrill, U. S. A., near Fort Klamath, contained three 



eggs like those of the last, and measured .78X.57, .75X.57, .78X.57, 



respectively. 



568. Junco annectens Baird. [219.] 



Pink-sided Junco. 



Hab. Rocky Mountain district, from Arizona and New Mexico north to Idaho and Montana. 



The Pink-sided Junco is found in the Rocky Mountain region, 

 breeding from Fort Bridger northward. Dr. Merrill found it rather 

 common in the mountains of Montana, at considerable height and 

 among the pines. A nest taken June 13 was at the top of a ridge con- 

 necting two peaks, at an elevation of 8000 feet. The nest was under a 

 shelving stone, in a little hollow dug out by the parents ; it was rather 

 large and compactly built, composed of coarse, dry grasses, with an 

 inner lining of fine yellow straw and hair of the mountain sheep. 

 The eggs, five in number, were far advanced in incubation and one 

 was broken in blowing. The four remaining specimens measure .81 x 

 .60, . Sox. 59, .84X.60, .83X.60. They are described as dull yellowish- 

 whitish, spotted and blotched with light reddish-brown and lavender. 



* Auk. IV, pp. 242—24.5. 



