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nests were examined in a large patch of dead tules, the eggs at this time being in a well 

 advanced stage of incubation. This species also nests in the tall grass and thick beds 

 of leaves at the foot of numerous clumps of willows growing in the shallow or higher 

 parts of the marsh. In one of these willows a Mallard had lined a deserted crow's nest 

 with down, and was incubating six eggs. 



Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. This is the most common of the ducks 

 breeding at the Paulina Marsh. They nest almost exclusively in the large areas of bent- 

 over tules. The nests are usually composed of dry tules lined with dark down, and 

 placed on a platform of dead broken-over reeds, well concealed from the sides and from 

 above. These birds evince strong parasitic tendencies, as many eggs were found in 

 nests of the next-named species. 



Marila americana. Redhead. Another common duck at the marshes. On June 1 

 they were paired off, and two or three nests were noted in the heavy tules; but their 

 nesting season was evidently not at its height. 



Branta canadensis canadensis. Canada Goose. A common bird in the spring 

 along the Columbia River and on Millers Island at the mouth of the Deschutes where 

 they are accused of doing considerable damage to young alfalfa. In the fall they are 

 abundant on the high bench land above the Columbia River, where they frequent the 

 grain fields and afford splendid shooting. Until recently these geese nested on Millers 

 Island. Two partly floating nests were found June 21, 1913, in the Paulina Marsh. These 

 were large structures composed of dead rushes, with a scant lining of broken bits of 

 tules and down. Goslings, half grown, were also noted at this time. 



Botaurus lentiginosis. Bittern. Noted only at Paulina Marsh. 



Ardea herodias herodias. Great Blue Heron. In August this species is common 

 on the gravel bars at the mouth of the Deschutes River. It was noted at Maupin on the 

 Deschutes in April, 1915. 



Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. A large colony nest- 

 ed in the clumps of willows in Paulina Marsh. The nesting season was well advanced 

 by June 1, but a few nests still contained fresh eggs, while some held young birds a 

 third grown. 



Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. I did not meet this species at the marsh, but it 

 breeds five miles to the south, in the vicinity of Silver Lake. 



Porzana Carolina. Sora. One bird was observed May 29, 1913, in a marshy place 

 on the Deschutes River south of La Pine in southern Crook County. A specimen was 

 taken by Mr. Jewett at the mouth of the Deschutes on April 17, 1915. 



Fulica americana. Coot. A common bird in the marshes of northern Lake County. 



Steganopus tricolor. Wilson Phalarope. This beautiful bird is common at the 

 Paulina Marsh and around the irrigation ditches and hay fields in the vicinity of Silver 

 Lake. A nest collected June 30, 1913, at the town of Silver Lake, was situated in the tall 

 grass near the bank of an irrigation ditch. It was composed of dry grasses, and con- 

 tained four heavily incubated eggs. 



Recurvirostra americana. Avocet. A single example was observed June 3 at the 

 north end of Paulina Marsh. 



Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. Noted in April, 1915, at the mouth of the Des- 

 chutes, and at Maupin in Wasco County. 



Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Red-backed Sandpiper. One was taken at Silver Lake 

 on June 4, 1913. 



Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellowlegs. Noted April 17, 1915, at Millers on 

 the south bank of the Columbia River. 



Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus. Western Willet. A single bird was seen 

 at the Paulina Marsh. 



Actitis macularius. Spotted Sandpiper. Noted on the bank of the Columbia at the 

 mouth of the Deschutes, and in the vicinity of irrigation ditches at Redmond, Crook 

 County. 



Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. The most common and widely distributed shore- 

 bird of this region. Noted at nearly all the streams and small marshes between the 

 Columbia River and Silver Lake except the timbered areas. 



Oreortyx picta picta. Mountain Quail. An adult bird with a band of young was 

 noted in the hills three miles west of The Dalles on June 20, 1913. A specimen was 

 taken by Jewett on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, in May, 1915. 



