BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 107 



Summit, August 16, 1885; in cool weather for the time 

 of the year, a flock of thirty or forty arrived and re- 

 mained several days. They were mostly young birds in 

 very dark spotted plumage, very different from the 

 young Californian bird, which is much paler. Adults of 

 both sexes were shot and positively identified. 



This is the form which Professor Ridgway referred 

 to typical alpestris in Birds of Central California, Pro- 

 ceedings Nat. Museum, 1879. I presume that Mr. An- 

 thony's bird belongs here, and Dr. Buckley's also, though 

 I know nothing of their specimens. — L. B. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. — Large flocks arrived 

 April 17, 1885; a few stayed until April 30, after which 

 I saw none. 



Suckley, 1860. A very, abundant summer resident on 

 the gravelly prairies near Fort Steilacoom. 



117. Pica pica hudsonica (Sab.) American Magpie. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Abundant resi- 

 dent. I have never seen the yellow-billed magpie here 

 (1884). 



Suckley, 1860. On Puget Sound not observed until 

 August, 1856, after which time during the fall they be- 

 came moderately abundant. I have never observed the 

 yellow-billed magpie in Oregon. 



0. B. Johnson. Quite common in the vicinity of 

 Forest Grove; probably breeds. 



Fort Klamath. Lieutenant Wittich. — A common spe- 

 cies. May 12, 1878, nest with four young in a thorny 

 bush or low tree. 



Sierra Valley. L. B. — June, 1885, several. Summit, 

 November 16, 1884, a single bird; same locality, Sep- 

 tember 30, 1875, one about a slaughter-house; probably 

 a straggler from the east slope. Alpine County, on the 

 east slope, several seen; said to be a resident up to 7,000 



