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Cascade Mountains. One was seen by Jewett along the Deschutes at Maupin on April 

 25, 1915. 



Oreoscoptes montanus. Sage Thrasher! Another characteristic species of the Up- 

 per Sonoran zone, found exclusively in the sage-brush areas, and generally common over 

 its range. 



Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus. Rock Wren. An ever present bird in the canyons, 

 rock slides and about the foot of cliffs, as well as around the rimrock outcroppings on 

 the desert. Jewett found a nest containing young at the mouth of the Deschutes on 

 April 14, 1915, and another containing six fresh eggs at Twickenham, in the John Day 

 canyon, about June 20. 



Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus. Dotted Canyon Wren. A specimen was taken 

 by Jewett at the mouth of the Deschutes on July 30, 1914. 



Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western House Wren. A nest of this species was 

 found in a hollow fence post near an old cabin on Foley Creek during May, 1915. Noted 

 by Jewett at the mouth of the Deschutes in April. 



Nannus hiemalis pacificus. Western Winter Wren. A bird was noted some miles 

 from timber on Warm Springs River north of the Agency. Jewett caught one in a 

 mouse trap at the Warm Springs Agency. 



Telmatodytes palustris plesius. Western Marsh Wren. A common breeding bird 

 in the tule areas of Paulina Marsh. 



Certhia familiaris occidentalis. California Creeper. On May 2, 1915, at Mill 

 Creek, I collected a Creeper that was working in a Douglas fir. No other creepers were 

 seen, but they are probably fairly common on the Cascade slopes. 



Sitta carol inensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. Fairly common in the pine 

 and fir forests of the lower Cascade slopes. On May 28, 1913, a nest containing five in- 

 cubated eggs was found in a dead snag at the base of Lava Butte on the Deschutes For- 

 est Reserve. The lining of this nest was of wadding taken from an old mattress that 

 had been thrown beside the trail. 



Sitta carol inensis nelsoni. Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. Noted at Foley Creek on 

 a pine-covered spur of the Blue Mountains. 



Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Taken at Mill Creek early in May. 

 During August two or three were seen in a willow grove on the south shore of the Colum- 

 bia River near the mouth of the Deschutes. 



Sitta pygmaea. Pigmy Nuthatch. Noted on the Blue Mountain and Cascade slopes 

 and the Deschutes Forest Reserve. On June 18, 1913, a nest containing young was found 

 in the pine and fir timber near the north side of Warm Springs Reservation. 



Penthestes articapillus septentrionalis. Long-tailed Chickadee. Seen in the wil- 

 lows at the mouth of the Deschutes and on Willow Creek; also along streams at Maupin 

 and Warm Springs. 



Penthestes gambeli gambeli. Mountain Chickadee. Common in the pine belts, 

 and also noted in June on the juniper flats on the north side of the Paulina Mountains. 



Regulus calendula calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. In the spring this species 

 was noted along the Columbia River and many of the smaller streams in the open coun- 

 try. 



Hylocichla guttata guttata. Alaska Hermit Thrush. On April 30, 1915, this spe- 

 cies was noted and specimens taken in a brushy cottonwood grove along a creek near 

 Warm Springs. 



Planesticus migratorius propinquus. Western Robin. Common and well distrib- 

 uted over a large part of this region. 



Ixoreus naevius naevius. Varied Thrush. On August 6, 1914, I collected an exam- 

 ple of this species in an orchard on the Miller Ranch at the mouth of the Deschutes 

 River. 



Sialia mexicana occidentalis. Western Bluebird. Fairly common in the open tim- 

 ber of the lower Cascade and Blue mountains. Nests were noted at Foley Creek in May. 



Sialia currucoides. Mountain Bluebird. This species is common in the open 

 country, nesting in junipers, banks of coulees, and around ranch buildings. Near Ma- 

 dras a pair was found nesting in a sheet-iron twine box on a binder. In the timber these 

 birds are not as common as 8. m. occidentalis. 

 Tillamook, Oregon, May 27, 1916. 



