Bendire,] 140 [March 21, 



127. Bonasa umbellus var. umbelloides (Douglas). The 

 Mountain Buffed 'Grouse. 



A rather rare resident about here, frequenting the densest under- 

 growth along the mountain streams, and seldom seen. It is consider- 

 ably smaller than sabini, measuring only from fourteen to fifteen 

 inches in length. 



128. Bonasa umbellus var. sabini (Douglas). Oregon 

 Grouse. 



Moderately common in the John Day River Valley, Oregon. It is 

 very abundant in the aspen groves bordering marshy tracts of land in 

 the trail from Fort Lapwai, Idaho, to Fort Colville, W. T., where I 

 have seen as many as thirty birds in a day's travel, without leaving 

 the road. A set of eggs of this species collected on Vancouver 

 Island, B. C, is of a rich reddish buff color, resembling somewhat in 

 shade the eggs of Oreortyx pictus (Baird)., and faintly spotted with 

 pale lavender. They are considerably pointed at one end, and meas- 

 ure 1.70 X 1-20 to 1.60 X 1-22 of an inch. 



129. Ortyx virginianus (Bonap.). Bob- white. 



This species may properly be included in the avifauna of south- 

 eastern Oregon. It was originally introduced at Boise City, Idaho, 

 and extends now to the Oregon side of Snake River, and is multiply- 

 ing rapidly. 1 



130. iEgialitis vociferus (Linn.). Killdeer Plover. 

 Generally distributed throughout the country wherever water is to 



be found, one of the earliest birds to arrive in the spring j. breeds. 



131. Recurvirostra americana (Gmel.). Avocet. 



An abundant summer resident in the lower valleys, but not in the 

 higher regions in the Blue Mountains anywhere above forty-eight hun- 

 dred feet altitude. Breeds near Malheur Lake and the swampy 

 shores of Sylvies River. 



132. Himantopus nigricollis (Vieill.). Black-necked Stilt. 

 Found associated with the former species, frequenting the same 



localities, but it is not so common; breeds. 



*I expected to find the Canace canadensis var. franMini (Douglas) common in 

 this portion of the Blue Mountains ; it does not occur in this section as far west 

 as Camp Harney, or Canyon City, Oregon. It is a common species in the Blue 

 Mountains, near Fort Lapwai, Idaho, and is universally known throughout that 

 region as the Fool-hen. The Oreortyx pictus (Baird), Mountain Quail, is also 

 wanting here. 



