20 Proeeedinis of the 



at this altitude but support a heavy growth of pines and 

 cedars. Lower down in these canyons water appears, together 

 with the beginnings of deciduous growth or "brush-timber" 

 as it is called by the ranchmen. Down in the valley of the 

 White river, about one thousand feet below the summit of 

 Squaw mound, and in the more immediate vicinity of Craw- 

 ford, this kind of growth prevails, although the buttes which 

 rise near the river possess the coniferous trees and have the 

 accompanying faunal characteristics. Glen, in Sioux county, 

 is not radically different from the Crawford territory as it is 

 also situated on the banks of the White river. 



The following list comprises the extent of the winter bird 

 fauna of this region as I found it. Several of the forms are 

 new definite records for the state, viz.. Western Evening 

 Grosbeak, Mountain Pine Grosbeak, Cassin Purple Finch, 

 Pink-sided Junco and Mountain Song Sparrow, and these will 

 be noted more fully in the individual discussions of each 

 species. 

 1. Brantahernicla ilaucoiastra (Brehm) — Brant. 



A single flock of twelve of these birds was observed on 

 November 30. I was on the summit of the ridge and the 

 birds passed rather near to me so that I was able to make 

 out very distinctly the white on abdomen and sides of neck. 

 My attention was first attracted to the birds by their note 

 which was much hoarser than that of the Canada Goose 

 and resembled a grunt more than a "honk." 



.2. Gallinago deUcafa (Ord) — Wilson Snipe. 



On December 7, while following down a little stream 

 which empties into the White river, I flushed three of these 

 birds. I fired at one of them but it continued on its way 

 around a bend in the stream, and on following the line of 

 its flight, I found my bird lying in the water on a bunch of 

 cress, from which it was easily secured. It had been shot 

 and wounded previously, for its breast contained a very 

 large scar, \Vhich was, however, completely healed over. 

 W^ilson Snipe has been found before in Sioux and Dawes 

 counties at this season of the year and is evidently a regu- 

 lar resident, found wherever the presence of numerous 

 springs secures a soft, boggy soil. 



3. Colinus viriiniamis (Linnaeus) — Bob-white. 



I observed flocks of Bob-white at Crawford on December 



