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Sept., 1912 SOME BIRDS OF THE SAW-TOOTH MOUNTAINS, IDAHO 193 camps. At the Boston Mine several Magpies were seen about the hog pen every day. Several were caught in meat-baited traps set for flying squirrels. Perisoreus canadensis capitalis. Not common. One taken November 3 at the hog pen of the Boston Mine, where it had come to steal scraps from the hogs, and one shot on Boyle Mountain, November 5. Cyanicitta stelleri annectens. Several were seen along Rook's Creek, and they were regular visitors to the hog pen at the Boston Mine. None recorded from Wood River Valley. Nucifraga columbiana. Common everywhere throughout the range. Often a dozen were seen during a few hours tramp, both in the spruce timber on the mountains and along Wood River in the cottonwoods. They, in company with the Magpies, were daily visitors to the Boston Mine, feeding on scraps of meat stolen from the hog pen. On November 10 I hid in a thicket of pine on Boyle Mountain and "squeaked" up four Nutcrackers within a few feet of me. They were very anxious to learn where the noise came from, and I kept them around . for half an hour before one of them located me; then with harsh cries the four left the neighborhood without a moment's hesitation. Several were caught in meat-baited traps set for flying squirrels and weasels at 8000 feet elevation. Pinicola enucleator montana. First seen November 2, on a high wind swept ridge above Baker Creek; then becoming more common until December 10. During December several were taken in the willow thickets along Wood River at 6000 feet elevation. Carpodacus cassini. Observed several on Spring Creek trail west of Ketchurn, October 27. Loxia curvirostra minor. Common in the pine and spruce belt all over the range, where they were feeding on seeds of coniferous trees. Several large flocks were seen on the high ridges above Baker Creek during November. Loxia leucoptera. A single example secured November 6 in company with a large flock of L. c. minor, on Rook's Creek at 7000 feet elevation. Acanthis linaria linaria. Only one seen. On November 16, during a heavy snow storm, an adult male of this species came to the camp yard at the Boston Mine and fed about the stables for some time. Junco hyemalis connectens. Common along Spring Creek on October 27. As the snow grew deeper this species moved down Wood River to the vicinity of Halley, at about 5500 feet elevation. l?elospiza melodia montana. Several seen along Wood River in Decem- ber. They frequent the warm spring flats, and get an abundance of insect food from the muddy ground. Often seen feeding in the shallow water, while on all sides the snow was piled four feet deep. Passer domesticus. A small flock stayed about the stage barn at Ketchum all the time I was there. Mr. Baxter, the hotel-keeper, told me that several were found frozen on his porch during the winter of 1909. Bombycilla garrula. First seen November 9, when, during a thick snow- storm, I took a male on Rook's Creek, at 7000 feet. On November 22 I saw a flock of eighteen in the town of Halley, on Wood River. They were feeding on dried and frozen apples that were still on the trees. l.anius borealis. A single example seen on Rook's Creek November 13. Cinclus mexicanus unicolor. Common on all the streams throughout the range, a dozen or more staying below the warm springs in Spring Creek during December. Several times as I made my way through the willows on snow-shoes,