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84. Saxicola oenanthe (Linnaeus) Wheatear 
Found breeding above timber-line in two canyons at about 5,000 feet. 
First seen June 3. Held to most inaccessible spots toward head of deepest 
canyons where only wings could have reached their nest sites. Pair in 
Hubrick canyon apparently nested successfully, birds leaving nest site 
about July 17. A male taken June 7 in adjoining canyon secured by 
strategy. By hiding in low willow clumps and imitating his song, male 
induced to come up on top of pinnacle. Bird seemed to tell his name in 
a strong “Wheet-eer!” and his song on wing rather a fine performance — 
this being delivered gushingly on a sharp descent. When perched, bobbed 
somewhat in manner of a dipper. Usually very shy, but on July 25 while 
writer was lunching on a rock pinnacle at edge of snow, about 6,000 feet 
and beyond limit of ground squirrels and vegetation, a juvenal wheatear 
appeared a few feet off and taking perch on a stone, bobbed inquisitively. 
Again on August 9, while skinning a ram beside the snowbanks at over 
former elevation, an adult and a young wheatear came close and curtesied 
on a rock at a distance of a few feet. 
Specimen: Male, June 7. 
Assumed to be typical form O. o. oenanthe, but subspecific determination not verified. 
85. Sialia currucoides (Bechstein) Mountain Bluebird 
Bluebirds observed but once, when on August 21 a small flock of 
about fifteen met on Sourdough hill near McCarthy. Though close 
examination could not be made, doubtless this form. Andrew Taylor 
also told of seeing bluebirds in White River country in former years. 
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