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I presume that it is not at all uncommon throughout the entire 
mountainous and timbered portions of the West; but from its 
small size and retiring habits, generally being perched in dense 
evergreen trees, it is not often noticed by the naturalist, and 
usually only by accident. I have taken it personally in the Blue 
Mountains in Washington Territory, and in several places in 
Oregon, but have never met with more than one at a time. My 
specimens were, with but a single exception, all found in or near 
jAP.ben „ r While Jiu nting Sage Fowl ( Centrocercus 
of either species were seen in the next five hundred feet, above which only 
olivaceus occurred. These heights were determined on several mountains 
by barometric observations, and the distinct range of the two species was 
very noticeable. 
Myadestes townsendii. — A male taken May 3, and another seen two 
days later. A few were noticed in July and August in the mountains, 
where they probably breed. No song was heard. In flight and attitudes 
this species reminded me much of a Bluebird. 
Turdus ustulatus. — -Arrived about May 20, a few nesting near the Fort 
and in suitable situations in the mountains. Its loud, sweet song was 
frequently heard about sunrise and sunset, but the birds were shy and 
difficult to shoot. A nest found June 8, containing four fresh eggs, was in 
a dense willow thicket, and placed on a horizontal branch about two feet 
from the ground. 
Turdus aonalaschkae. — A female taken April 29. Not again seen until 
May n, when after a few days of cold and stormy weather it was found 
abundantly. They were silent, and rapidly passed on to the north, being 
seen for about a week only. The basal half of the mandible varies from 
pale flesh color to a decided yellow, but this is irrespective of sex. [Four 
spring specimens (one taken April 29, the other three May 11) are well 
within the maximum limits of size ascribed to aonalaschkcz (their wing 
measurements are: $$, 3.50, 3.55, 3.55; $,3.23 inches), but their color- 
ing is very much paler than in any of the California examples before me 
and, in fact, quite as gray as in average Colorado specimens of auduboni. 
- W. B.] 
Merula migratoria propinqua. — Rare during the winter. Arriving 
March 7, it became common in three or four days. By the first of May 
many nests contained their full complement of eggs. 
Hesperocichla nsevia. — From various sources I learned that this bird 
was rarely seen in autumn, but that in March it was generally very abun- 
dant and tame, coming about the houses in the Fort as plentifully and as 
fearlessly as the common Robin. I saw none in autumn, and in the spring 
observed a single specimen only, a female, which I shot April 13, although 
at both seasons I kept a sharp lookout for the bird. 
Sialia mexicana. — First seen April 4, and three days later was common 
in small flocks. Breeds about the Fort in greater numbers than does the 
next species. 
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