Poor-Will at Bellingham, Washington
Poor-will at Bellingham, Washington .-Last October the body of a Poor-will (Phalaenofitilus nuttallii) was found by Miss Zella McMannama on the highway about six miles north of Belliigham. It was in a mutilated condition but a number of tail and wing quills were retrieved and brought to the writer, who in turn submitted them to the Fish and Wildlife Service for critical examination. As a result of investigations, Dr. John W. Aldrich writes as follows under date of November 13, 1941: “I have compared these quills very carefully with the specimens in our collection and find that they match most closely specimens of the dark phase of the race ttyctophilzts with which they may be tentatively identified. Thii form was described by Oberholser . . . from the Warner Valley region of Oregon. Your specimen . . . . as far as I know . . . is the only record of a Poor-will from west of the Cascades in Washington, although there is one record for the species, identified as Phalamoptilus nuttdlii nutallii, by Grinnell, taken by Alex Walker at Netarts, Tillamook County, Oregon” (Condor, 36, 1934:178; see also Miller, Condor, 43, 1941:260).-J. M. EDSON, Bellingham, Washircgton; December 11, 1941.
