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 THE CONDOR Vol. XIX Cascade Mountains. One was seen by Jewett along the Doschutes at Maupin on April 25, 1915. Oreosoptes montanus, Sage Thrasher. Another characteristic species of the Up- per Sohoran zone, found exclusively in the sage-brush areas, and generally common over its range. Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus. Rock Wren. An ever present bird in the canyons, reek slides and about the foot of eliifs, as well as around the rimreek outcroppings on the desert. Jewett found a nest containing young at the mouth of the Deschutes on April 14, 1915, and another containing six fresh eggs at Twiekenham, in the John Day canyon, about June 20. Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus. Dotted Canyon Wren. A specimen was taken by Jewett at the mouth of the Deschutes on July 3:0, 1914. Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western House Wren. A nest Of this species was found in a hollow fence post near an old cabin on Foley Creek duing May, 1915. Noted by Jewerr at the mouth of the Deschutes in April. Nannus hiemalls pacificus. Western Winter Wren. A bird was noted some miles from timber on Warm Springs River north of the Agency. Jewerr caught one in a mouse trap at the Warm Springs Agency. Telmatodytes palustris piesins. Western Marsh Wren. A common breeding bird in the rule areas of Paulinn Marsh. Cethia familiaris occidentalis. California Creeper. On May 2, 1915, at Mill Creek, I eelleered a Creeper that was working in a Douglas fir. No other creepers were seen, but they are probably fairly common on the Cascade slopes. Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. Fairly common in the pine and fir forests of the lower Cascade slopes. On May 28, 1913, a nest containing five in- cubated eggs was found in a dead snag at the base of Lava Butte on the Deschutes For- est Reserve. The lining of this nest was of wadding tgken from an old mattress that had been thrown beside the trail. Sitta carolinensis nelsoni. Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. Noted at Foley Creek on a pine-covered spur of the Blue Mountains. Sitta canaderlsis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Taken at Mill Creek early in May. During August two or three were seen in a willow grove on the south shore of the Colum- bia River near the mouth of the Deschutes. Sitta pygmaea. Pigmy Nuthatch. Noted on the Blue Mountain and Cascade slopes and the Deschutes Forest Reserve. On June 18, 1913, a nest containing young was ound in the pine and fir timber near the north side of Warm Springs Reservation. Penthestes aticapillus septentHoalis. Long-tailed Chickadee. Seen in the wil- lows at the mouth of the Deschutes and on Willow Creek; also along streams at Maupin and Warm Springs. Penthestes gainbell gainbell. Mountain Chickadee. Common in the pine belts, and also noted in June on the juniper flats on the north side of the Paulinn Mountains. Regulus calendula calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. In the spring this species was noted along the Columbia River and many of the smaller streams in the open coun- try. H1ocichla guttara guttara. Alaska Hermit Thrush. On April 30, 1915, this spe- cies was noted and specimens taken in a brushy cottonwood grove along a' creek near Warm Springs. Planesticus migatoHus propinquus. Western Robin. Common and well distrib- uted over a large part of this region. lxoeus naevius naevius. Varied Thrush. On August 6, 1914, I collected an exam- pie of this species in an orchard on the Miller Ranch at the mouth of the Deschutes River. $ialia mexIcana occidentalis. Western Bluebird. Fairly common in the open tim- ber of the lower Cascade and Blue mountains. Nests were noted at Foley Creek in May. $ialia cuucoides. Mountain Bluebird. This species i common in the open country, nesting in junipers, banks of coulees, and around ranch buildings. Near Ma- dras a pair was found neting in a sheet-iron twine box on a binder. In the timber these birds are not as common as S. m. occidentalis. Tillamook, Oregon, May 27, 1916.