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generosity and recent field experience in this region, in connection 
with the “Geographical Survey West of the 100th Meridian,” 
enabled him to make. 
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1. Turdus migratorius propinquus, Ridgway. Western Robin. 
— Mostly a summer resident. A few stay all winter. Their food consists 
largely of worms. Their nests are built on prairies, on the ground , or in 
timber, low down ( Wit tick). 
.2. Turdus neevius (Pennant). Varied Thrush. — Early in the 
spring the species was numerous in the aspen-trees, and a number of them 
were shot, which were pronounced to be excellent eating by a sick lady in 
the garrison (Wittich). 
3. Sialia mexicana, Sivainson. Western Bluebird ; Mexican 
Bluebird. — No. 3, £ ad., May, 1875. Found in low situations. Its 
flight is undulatory, and seldom more than a few feet from the ground 
( Wittich).. 
4. Parus montanus, Gainhel. Mountain Chickadee. — No. 4, ad., 
May, 1875. An abundant summer resident ( Henshaw ). Very common 
in winter. In this locality they feed on the refuse meat from butchering, 
as do the Magpies (Wittich). 
5. Sitta carolinensis aculeata, Cassia. Slender-billed Nut- 
hatch. — June, 1875 ( McElderry ).* * 
6. Sitta canadensis, Linne. Red-bellied Nuthatch. — No. 78, 
9 ad., May 9, 1878; No. 79, £ ad., May 9, 1878 ; No. 75, £ ad., 1878. 
Found in the mountains (Wittich). Abundant (Henshaw). 
7. Sitta pygmaea, Vigors. Pigmy Nuthatch. — No. 5, ad., 1875. 
Found in the pine-trees in the mountains, in company with the former 
( Wittich). 
8. Troglodytes domesticus parkmani, Audubon. Western House 
Wren. — A nest was found in a cavity in a mortise in the frame of a barn, 
May 25, 1878. The mortise was too deep and narrow to allow the bird 
to be taken off with the hand, and, in removing her with a stick, the 
mother fought so fiercely as to break part of the eggs ; the residue being 
secured, together with the parent (Wittich). 
Note. — The Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus , Say) has been found at 
Klamath Lake, by Dr. J. S. Newberry. f 
9. Eremophila alpestris var. ? Shore Lark ; Horned 
Lark. 
* Lieutenant Wittich observed numbers of them while encamped in the Blue 
Mountains, Columbia Co., Washington Territory, in the winter of 1878-9. 
This species and the following, with the Mountain Chickadee, were very 
gentle ; sometimes visiting the interior of the tents, and subsisting upon 
refuse from the soldiers’ tables, and upon scraps of bacon placed upon trees 
for their use. 
* t Pacific Railroad Report, Vol. VI, Pt. IV, p. 80, 1859. 
