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 80 THE CONDOR Vol. XVIlI Cincius mexicanus unicolor. Dipper. Common resident on all the larger streams in the county. A specimen was secured on Short Beach Creek, near the ocean beach, on December 6, 1913. Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus. Rock Wren. A specimen was collected by O. J. Murie on December 27, 1912. It was on some drift logs on the beach near Netarts. (See CONOR, XV, 1913, p. 226.) Thryomanes bewicki caiophonus. Seattle Wren. This wren is a common resident in open woods and brushy pasture land all over the county. Nannus hiemails pacificus. Western Winter Wren. Ever present in the heavy for- ests, where the cheery song of the birds can be heard at all times of the year. During January, 1913, this species was found commonly feeding amongst the driftwood along the ocean beach. $1tta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. I found this species common in the dwarf lodgepole pine thickets on the Netarts sandspit during January and February, 1915. They travel in flocks, usually in company with chickadees and kinglets. Penthestes atricapiilus occidentalis. Oregon Chickadee. This species is common in the mixed woods about Tillamook and farther inland. It has not been found in the immediate vicinity of the coast line. Penthestes ufescens rufescens. Chestnut-backed Chickadee. This chickadee is one of the most common birds found in the heavy woods along the coast. Found in large flocks during the winter months. Chamaea fasciata phaea. Coast Wren-tit. This species frequents the immediate vicinity of the coast, and is never found far inland. The birds are very common on the hills fronting the ocean beach, where they live in the impenetrable tangle of salal, huckleberry, and salmon-berry bushes. Rgulus satrapa oiivaceus. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet. This is a very com- mon resident all over the timbered sections of the county. During the winter the birds congregate in large flocks, and feed mostly in sprucend pine woods. A nest was found in a large spruce tree on May 17, 1913, by watching the birds carrying nesting material to it. The nest was well hidden in the drooping twigs near the end of a large limb, about twenty feet from the trunk of the tree, and about twenty-two feet from the ground. On May 20, the nest contained one egg. The outer walls of the nest were made of green moss, closely matted together and interwoven with fine spruce twigs. The interior was lined with fine downy materials. Regulus calendlda grinneili. Sitka Kinglet. This kinglet is a common winter vi ltant, but unlike the Golden-crowned, feeds more in deciduous trees and shrubs, and does not congregate in flocks, although two or three are often found with flock& of chicka- dees, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and nuthatches. They were found common from Decem- ber to March, less common in April, and not seen during May or later in the summer. Hyiocichia ustuiata ustuiata. Russetsbacked Thrush.  A specimen in fresh fall plumage was taken at Netarts on September 7, 1912. They were found common at Tilla- mook during May, 1913. Several were seen at Garibaldi on June 8, 1914. Hyiocichla Gutrata Guttara. Alaska Hermit Thrush. A very common winter resi- dent along the coast. They were found plentiful at Netarts during December, 1912. Several were taken near Cape Lookout during the first week of February, 1915. None * have been seen between the months of April and September. Pianesticus miGratoHus propinquua. Western Robin. Robins are plentiful all over the cultivated areas. During May, 1913, several nests were found near Tillamook. On May 17 the first young out of the nest were seen. On January 5, 1913, several were seen feeding in the fields near Netarts. On February 12, 1915, they were common near Ne- tarts and at Tillamook. Ixoreus naevius naevlus. Varied Thrush. This species is a very common winter resident, and a few remain throughout the year. I saw several in the heavy timber back of Bar View beach on May 22, 1913, and several were heard singing near Garibaldi dur- ing the early morning of June 8, 1914. They were common at Netart on September 10, 1913, and again on April 16, 1914 $iaila mexicana occidentalis. Western Bluebird. A common summer resident, and a few are found during the winter. A pair was taken near Cape Lookout on Janu- ary 30, 1915. Several were seen in a burned over forest area near Netarts on April 121 1914. Portland, Oregon, November 25, 1915.