Jan., ?9o61 THE BIRDS OF CHENEY, WASHINGTON Loxia curvirostra minor. Crossbill. Sometimes seen late. Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis. Hepburn Rosy Finch. Nov. i6-Mar. 8. Acanthis linaria. Redpoll. Ampelis garrulus. Bohemian Waxwing. Irregular. Certhia familiaris montana. Rocky Mountain Creeper. Sitta carolinensis nelsoni Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. Possibly a few breed. Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. .? Parus gainbelt. Mountain Chickadee. A few remain and breed. TRANSIENT VISITANTS Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganse?:. Mareca americana. Baldpate. Clangula clangula americana. American Golden-eye. ' Charitonetta albeola. Bufflehead. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. Selasphorus rufus. Rufous Hummingbird. Stellula calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. Rare. Zonotrichia leucophrys gainbelt. Intermediate Sparrow. Feb. I9-Apr. 37. Junco hyemalis connectens. Intermediate Junco. A few breed. Piranga ludoviciana. Louisiana Tanager. A few breed. Helminthophila rubricapilla gutturalis. Calaveras Warbler. Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. May 17. Antbus pensilvanicus. American Pipit. Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned:Kinglet. Myadestes townsendi. Towsend Solitaire. Rare. Ixoreus na?vius subsp ? Varied Thrush. Mar. 5' SUMMER VISITANTS Colymbus holb?elli. Holbcell Grebe. Gayla irabet. Loon. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. American Black Tern. Anas boschas. Mallard. Feb. 28. Nettion carolinensis. Green-winged Teal. Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. Aythya americana. }<edhead. Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. Oallinula galeata. l, lorida Gallinule. Fulica americana. Coot. Steganopus tricolor. Wilson Phalarope. Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. Actiris macularia. Spotted Saudpiper. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. 0xyechus vociferus. Killdeer. A few winter. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. May 9. Buteo swainsont. Swainson Hawk. Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. Falco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. April Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. Fish Hawk. Rare. May 7.
