1880.] List of the Birds of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. 489 
14. Troglodytes parkmant Aud. (Parkman’s house wren).— 
Common during the summer and breeds plentifully, any place 
being “just right.” I saw a nest in the pocket of a pair of trou- 
sers used as a “scare crow.” In retaliation for their driving away 
a pair of blue-birds from a box at my house, I began taking the 
eggs, and succeeded in getting twenty-one, when I grew ashamed, 
and they afterwards laid and hatched five more. Thesong is like 
that of the Eastern species. 
15. Troglodytes hyemalis Vieill. (winter wren)—Remains during 
the winter, living in semi-clearings under brush and log heaps, 
but leaves for other parts to breed. 
16. Anthus ludovicianus Gmel. (titlark)—Common during win- 
ter, feeding in old fields and in roads. 
17. Helminthophaga celata Say (orange-crowned warbler).— 
Very common during summer, and undoubtedly breeds, but I 
have never found its nest. 
18. Dendræca æstiva Gmel. (summer warbler).—A very com> 
mon summer resident, nesting ‘extensively, with the usual habits 
of the species. 
19. Dendraca auduboni Towns. (Audubon’s_ warbler).— The 
most abundant warbler during summer, and a few remaining 
until far into, if not all, winter. It probably breeds commonly, 
but I have been able to find but one nest, taken May 26, 1879. 
It was placed in the top of a small oak (Q. garryana), about 
fifteen feet from the ground, and placed between three upright 
twigs, built of grass and horsehair, and lined with feathers from 
a neighboring fowl-yard; it contained four greenish-white eggs, 
Spotted around the larger end in a ring with light-brown and lav- 
ender, and a few dots of brownish black; they measured .72 by 
‘54, .71 by .54, :70 by .52 and .70 by .52 of an inch. 
20. Dendreca coronata Linn. (yellow-crowned warbler).—I have 
obtained several birds in spring that I have referred to this 
species. 
21. Dendreca nigrescens Towns. (black-throated gray warbler. 
Moderately common during summer in favorable situations, 
seeming to prefer dense undergrowth near a swamp. I took a 
nest of this species June 17, 1879, in the top of a clump of Spiræa, 
built of fine.roots and dried grass and lined with the down of the 
Cottonwood It contained four eggs of a dirty-white color, 
thickly marbled with longitudinal lines and dots, more confluent 
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