OF THE UPPER MISSOURI. 
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VlREO solitarius, Vieill. 
Blue-headed Flycatcher. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 340. 
With the preceding species. 
Mimus Carolinensis, Gray. 
Cat Bird. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 34G. 
Abundant throughout the Northwest, from the mouth of the Missouri to the mountains. 
Oreoscoptes montanus, Baird. 
Mountain Mocking-Bird. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 347. 
A single specimen of the above species was obtained in the Black hills. Dr. Cooper 
collected it near Fort Laramie. 
Harporhynchus rufus, Cab. 
Brown Thrush. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 353. 
Distributed throughout the Northwest to a greater or less extent. Six specimens are 
included in the Nebraska collection. 
Salpinctes obsoletus, Cab. 
Rock Wren. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 357. 
This somewhat peculiar bird is very abundant in the rugged, inaccessible portions, 
called the “ Bad Lands,” of the Northwest. It seems to build its nest among the rocks, 
where it sets up an impertinent chattering at the approach of a human being, but retires 
to hiding-places at the first indication of danger. Its range seems to cover the eastern 
slope of the Rocky mountains to the Cascade range, also in California. Six specimens 
were secured at various localities along the Missouri. 
ClSTOTHORUS PALUSTRIS, Cab. 
Long-billed Marsh Wren. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 364. 
Quite rare, though seen occasionally around the marshy places on the broad bottoms of 
the Missouri near Council bluffs and Big Sioux. 
ClSTOTHORUS STELLARIS, Cab. 
Short-billed Marsh Wren. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 365. 
Same as preceding. 
Troglodytes aedon, Vieill. 
House Wren. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 367. 
Not rare as high up the Missouri as the settlements extend; seldom, if ever, seen on 
the Upper Missouri. A single specimen was secured in the summer of 1857, near the 
mouth of Loup fork. 
