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to get around. More collecting was done at camp than at any other 
place. Once Prin. Silloway shot a Townsend’s solitaire, a very inter- 
esting catch. It fell five hundred feet down a cliff, entailing a half 
hour’s work to find it and recover the ground lost. Unidentified rap- 
tores circled above him in perfect disregard of futile efforts to secure 
them, as he describes in his report. 
As usual at our camping places, the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macu- 
laria L., was common along the shores of the lake. Un the slopes toward 
McDonald and elsewhere on the hills Richardson’s grouse, Dendagapus 
obscurus richardsoni Dougl., was not infrequent. Franklin’s grouse, the 
fool hen of popular reputation, was common in the vicinity, Dendragapus 
franklini Dougl. The gray ruffed grouse or pheasant, Bonasa umbellus 
umbelloides Dougl., was common in the thickets along the water courses. 
The sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter velox Wils., was found regularly near 
the lake. Accipiter cooperi Bonap., Cooper’s hawk, was common along 
the cliffs of the lake, but were on such inaccessible pinnacles that they 
could not be taken. The western red-tail, Buteo borealis calurus Cass., 
the American rough-legged hawk, Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis 
Gmel., and the desert sparrow hawk, Falco sparverius deserticolus 
Mearns, were all seen about the lake. The only owl observed was the 
western horned owl, Bubo virginianus subarcticus Hoy, which is common 
in all the woodlands of the region. Its mournful note was not infre- 
quently heard in the evening or at night. 
A single pair of kingfishers, Ceryle alcyon Linn., seemed to have 
charge of the lake, and worked industriously at the inlet at the upper 
end of the lake, where the diverging streams from the main source made 
the fishing excellent. 
Five woodpeckers in all were taken at McDonald lake. One specimen 
of the alpine woodpecker, Picoides americanus dorsalis Baird, was taken 
near camp. The rednaped sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird, 
is a common resident near the lake. The pileated woodpecker, Ceophloeus 
pileatus Linn., was heard several times near camp, and notwithstanding 
much shooting two were taken almost from the tent door. This large 
and beautiful bird is reputed to be shy of man. It has been taken through- 
out the Mission range, and nowhere does it appear as shy as is reputed. 
Lewis’s woodpecker is common in the valley below the lake, and in the 
tall pines is one of the most common and conspicuous birds. Every 
where the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes cafer Gmel., is common. 
Occasionally at nightfall the western night-hawk, Chordeiles virgini- 
anus henryi Cass., was seen flying about. The rufous hummingbird, Selas- 
phorus rufus Gmel., was a frequent visitor to the flowers near camp, and 
was a delightful bird to see. Along the rocky wall of the mountain the 
calliope hummingbird was several times observed, without doubt, among 
the flowers growing along the small water courses dashing over the side 
of the mountain. 
The western wood pewee, Contopus richardsonii Swains., and Traill’s 
flycatcher, Empidonax trailii Aud., were the insect catching birds other 
than warblers taken at this camp. 
The American magpie, Pica pica hudsonica Sab., the black-headed 
jay, Cyanocitta stelleri annectens Baird, and the American raven, Corvus 
