Bendire.] 118 [March 21, 



^46. Plectrophanes lapponicus (Selby). Lapland Longspur. 

 The same remarks apply to this species, but both species are prob- 

 ably more common in the lower Harney valley. 



47. Centronyx bairdii (Baird). Baird's Bunting. 



May 24, 1876, I took a nest and four eggs with the parent, which I 

 identified as belonging to this species. The nest was composed ex- 

 ternally of old sagebush bark and grasses, and lined with finer 

 materials of the same kind and a few hairs. It was partly concealed 

 under a bunch of tall grass, and found on the flat about five miles 

 below Camp Harney, on the edge of a swampy meadow. The eggs 

 are an elongated oval in shape, ground color a very pale green, three 

 of the eggs marked with irregular spots, lines and blotches of two 

 shades of brown (light and dark) , and a few lavender spots. The 

 fourth is blotched throughout with a pale pinkish brown. In the first 

 three eggs the markings are principally about the larger end. Size, 

 .72 X -55, .74 X -56, .71 X .54 and .74 X -54. 



48. Passerculus alaudinus (Bonap.). Western Savanna 

 Sparrow. 



Very common in the early spring along the meadows and swamps 

 bordering Malheur Lake. They arrive about April 1. At this season 

 the males may be found sitting on the top of low greasewood bushes 

 uttering their feeble song. Five specimens shot April 23, 1876, were 

 all males. 



49. Poocsetes gramineus var. confinis (Baird). Grass 

 Sparrow. 



A very common summer resident in this section, breeding abund- 

 antly. 



50. Chondestes grammaca (Bonap.). Lark Sparrow. 



In the immediate vicinity of Camp Harney few specimens of this 

 species were found. I shot a male on May 6, 1876, amongst the wil- 

 lows on the creek. None breed about here. At Juniper Lake, 

 about eighty miles south of this post, I found quite a number breed- 

 ing in July, 1876, and all had young. The song of this bird is 

 exquisite. 



51. Zonotrichia Gambeli (Gambel). Western White- 

 crowned Sparrow. 



A moderately abundant summer resident. I have found two of 

 their nests, one placed on the ground at the base of a sagebush, the 

 other in a small sagebush about a foot from the ground. 



52. Junco oregonus (Sclater). Oregon Snowbird. 



A winter resident, retiring to the neighboring mountains in the 



