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taken, in an alder and cottonwood grove at the Warm Springs Agency on April 29, 1915. 

 Reported by Jewett to be a common species along wooded streams throughout the region. 



Empidonax trailli trailli. Traill Flycatcher. At the mouth of the Deschutes this 

 bird was noted as fairly common in the willows along the streams. Also seen along Bake- 

 oven Creek near Maupin. 



Empidonax griseus. Gray Flycatcher. Specimens of the small gray-colored fly- 

 cather found sparingly in the heavy sage brush country of south-central Oregon have 

 been identified as E. griseus. As elsewhere recorded (Condor, xvi, p. 94), a specimen 

 with nest and eggs was taken on the north side of the Paulina Mountains. On June 4, 

 1913, I found a nearly completed nest on a large sage-brush flat between Sisters and the 

 Deschutes River. The nest was built in a clump of buck-brush and resembled the other 

 nest except that the lining contained more wool. Both birds were in evidence. 



Otocoris alpestris merrilli. Dusky Horned Lark. Common in the sage and bunch- 

 grass country lying back from the Columbia River, but becomes less common to the 

 south. In northern Lake and southern Crook counties it was rarely seen in the breeding 

 season. Noted one between Fort Rock and Prineville. Jewett found a nest containing 

 fresh eggs on Millers Island early in May, 1915. 



Pica pica hudsonia. Magpie. A very common bird of the valleys, canyons and 

 along brush-skirted streams of the open country. 



Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea. Coast Jay. On May 28, 1913, I collected a jay in 

 the yellow pine belt ten miles south of Bend which was identified by Mr. H. C. Oberhol- 

 ser as of this species. Specimens taken along Mill Creek in the lower Cascades are no 

 doubt referable to this form. 



Cyanocitta stelleri annectens. Black-headed Jay. Several were noted in the pine 

 timber en the mountains east of Haycreek, where a specimen was taken by Jewett in 

 May, 1915. 



Corvus corax sinuatus. Raven. A common species where there are canyons, bluffs 

 and rimrocks, usually nesting on shelves or in crevasses in the cliffs; out on the desert 

 1 found it nesting in junipers. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis. Western Crow. Common along streams bor- 

 dered by cottonwoods and willows. At Silver Lake they nest commonly in the clumps of 

 willows growing in the higher parts of Paulina Marsh. At that place they are very de- 

 structive and destroy hundreds of ducks' and night herons' eggs in the swamps. 



Nucifraga columbiana. Clarke Nutcracker. Noted at Foley Creek and in the pine 

 timber at Sisters. 



Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus. Pinyon Jay. In the latter part of May large flocks 

 were seen in the juniper groves near Redmond and Bend. From their actions I took part 

 of them to be young of the year. Also noted near Warm Springs Agency. 



Molothrus ater. Cowbird. Two young birds were taken on the Miller Ranch at 

 the mouth of the Deschutes on July 28, 1914; no adults were seen. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. In May, 1913, a few 

 birds were seen on Antelope and Trout creeks in southern Wasco and northern Jeffer- 

 son counties where they possibly nest. They breed abundantly in Paulina Marsh, where 

 in early June, I examined a large number of their nests, built in the rushes growing in 

 the shallow marsh. 



Agelaius phoeniceus neutral is. San Diego Red-wing. Red-wings were noted rather 

 sparingly along the Columbia and other streams in the open country. They were found 

 on the Deschutes River south of La Pine in southern Crook County, and in Paulina 

 Marsh they were very abundant, nesting in large colonies in the grassy parts of the 

 marsh. 



Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. A typical bird of the bunch-grass and 

 open sage-brush country of north-central Oregon. 



Icterus bullocki. Bullock Oriole. Along the wooded or shrubby fringed streams 

 this species is plentiful. On Warm Springs River it is especially abundant, nesting in 

 the small trees along the stream. In one place I found a dozen nests in an hour. 



Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Locally common near settlements 

 and cultivated areas. This is one of the species that will undoubtedly become more plen- 

 tiful with the settlement of the country. 



Hesperiphona vespertina montana. Western Evening Grosbeak. Late in April, 

 1915, these grosbeaks were noted several times in alder trees along Bake-oven Creek 



