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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Tyrannus verticalis .— (Say.) 
Arkansas Ply-catcher, Yellow King Bird. Nest constructed of dry grass, 
and lined with root fibres and deer hair; usually built in the fork of a scrub oak, or 
cotton wood tree. Taken at the Dalis in May. 
Turdus pallasiL — (Nuttall.) 
Hermit Thrush. Nest very neatly put together; outside composed of green 
moss and lichen, exactly resembling the bark of the tree in which it is built; 
inside lined with hair and root fibre, lays five eggs. Taken at Syniakwateen 
in July. 
Turdus migratorious. —(Linn.) 
Eobin. One of the earliest nesters in the north-west; nest tightly made of moss 
and lichen, and plastered inside with mud; built in the fork of a tree with very little 
attempt at concealment, five eggs usually laid. Taken at Colville in May. 
Scialia arctica. — (Baird.) 
Arctic Blue Bird. Nest constructed of feathers, grass, and hair, placed at the 
bottom of a hole, in a green cotton wood tree; the hole these eggs were taken from 
was 3 feet deep and about 15 feet from the ground. I obtained only one nest, as 
it is extremely difficult to find, and a work of labour to chop it out. Taken 
in the Colville valley in May. I do not know of any having been brought home 
before. 
Geothlypis tric/ias ,— (Cabanis.) 
Maryland Yellow Throat. Nest constructed of dead leaves and grass, lined 
with hair and fine rootlets; built on the ground amongst the thick underbrush and 
domed over, a small hole being left for the bird to enter. Taken at Syniakwateen 
in June. 
Ampelis cedrorum .— (Baird.) 
Cedar Bird. Nest rather loosely put together; made of coarse grass stalks, 
the inside invariably lined with a black lichen Lichen-jubatus. (This lichen is used 
as food by the Indians), generally built in a thick thorn bush overhanging the 
water. The only places I found their nests was at Colville, on the banks of 
the Columbia, and at Syniakwateen, on the Pend-oriel river; five eggs the usual 
number laid. Taken in July. 
Mimus carolinensis - (Swainson.) 
Cat Bird. Nest loosely put together and constructed of twigs, grass, and dead 
leaves, and lined with fine fibre; builds very near the ground in a thick thorn 
bush, or amongst the wild briars. Taken at Colville in June. 
Zonotricliia leucoplirys .— (Swainson.) 
White-crowned Sparrow. Builds in a thick bush; nest lightly woven with 
moss and fibre, and lined with feathers and hair; rather a rare nest to find, the birds 
choosing secluded places in the dense forest; about five the usual number of eggs 
laid. Taken at Vancouver Island in July. 
