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TLl9t Of Birb0 of tbe Jflatbea^ XaF^e IRegion 



List of birds, with notes on their habits and distribution, ob- 

 served in the Mission Mountains, the Mission A^alley, and at 

 Flathead Lake. The list comprises the birds seen from June 5 

 to August 29, 1900. Skins of most of the species here men- 

 tioned are deposited in the museum of the University. The 

 numbers correspond to the A. 0. U. check list. 



4. AMERICAX EARED GREBE, Golymhus nigricollis cali- 

 fornicus (Ileerm.) 



On June 20, 1901, a brood of American eared grebe was 

 seen on Sin-yale-a-min Lake. There were nine or ten speci- 

 mens in the famil)% and three were taken. The brood had 

 evidently been reared on the lake, as the youngsters were in- 

 capable of extended flight, though they were in full plumage. 

 A specimen was taken later at Mud Lake, near Flathead. 



6. PIED-BILLED GREBE, Podihjmhus podiceps (Linn.) 



Not common at the northern end of Flathead Lake. One 

 specimen noted on the eastern shore, below the mouth of Swan 

 River. 



7. LOON, Urinafor imher (Gunn.) 



(,'ommon on Flathead Lake, singly and in pairs. Also 

 common on Swan Lake, where its clear laughing calls resound 

 far over the little valley enclosing the lake. Not noted at Mc- 

 Donald Lake. 



It is not likely thai the Loon is more than a summer visitant 

 to Sin-yale-a-min Lake. This sheet of water is a desirable 

 s-to]iping place for passing birds at nightfall. A pair of loons 

 spent one night at the lake during our visit, and an effort was 

 made to secure a specimen the next morning, but without 

 success. 



