July, 1917 131 SOME BIRDS OF CENTRAL OREGON By ALEX WALKER WITH MAP AND ONE PHOTO HE BASIS of this paper consists of notes and specimens collected during three trips to this region. In 1913, accompanied by my father and a friend, Max Short, I made a five weeks camping trip, travelling with team and wagon. We left The Dalles on May 15, and drove up the Columbia River to the mouth of the Deschutes, then south through Sherman County to Madras, from Madras to Silver Lake by way of Redmond and Bend, through the Deschutes National Forest reserve of Crook* and north- eastern 'Klamath counties. The return was made by way of the Paulina Mountains and Prine- 5 .... ville to Madras, from which place a side trip was made to Sisters before driving to The Dalles through Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Mutton ...... Mountains and Tygh Valley. During 1914 I visited the mouth of the Deschutes River, from July 24 to August 8 in- clusive, for the purpose of col lecting birds and mammals for the Oregon Fish and Game Commission. The State Biolog- ical Survey has been conducted under the direction of William L. Finley, State Biologist, who has been working under the supervision of the Bureau of Biological Survey, United ,?/?. ? .......... Co. States Department of Agricul- ture. For a few days Stanley Fig. 48. SKETClZI-]YiAP OF CENTRAL OREGON. G. Jewerr, then with the State Fish and Game Commission, M. E. Peck of Willamette Unirersity, and Alfred Shelton of the State University, were with me at the mouth of the Deschutes. On the third trip I was in the field continually from April I to June I for tile Fish and Game Commission in company with Mr. Jewett who was then col- lecting for the U.S. Biological Survey. Part of the time we were accompanied by Mr. F. E. Garlough. On this trip we collected at the mouth of Willow Creek in GillJam County; at Millers near the mouth of the Deschutes in Sher- man and Wasco counties; at Maupin on the Deschutes in Wasco County; and on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation far enough into the mountains to se-
- Since part of these notes were made. Crook County has been divided into two
counties, the northern portion being called Jefferson County.
