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Mr. Bernard Bailey, former-ly of Corvallis. Montana, now of Elk Rive]'. 

 Minnesota, has sent me a very complete list of the birds observed by him in the 

 Bitterroot Valley. This comprises almost tlit- only data T could obtain from 

 that part of the state. Mr. A. I). Dul^ois, of Duttoii. hiis sent me much informa- 

 tion on birds observed both at Dutton and at IJcltoii, where he sjieiit two snin- 

 iiici's. I am also further indebted to liim for the usi of a iiimihcr of xci'v cxce!- 

 h'lit j)liotographs, which do mueii to make thix i)apei' attractive. Lieut. Joseph 

 Kittrcdge, Jr., formerly located at Missoula with the Forest Service, and later 

 in France with the regiment of Forest Engineers, has fui'nished notes from 

 Missoula and from many other parts of the state which his jjrevious work gave 

 him op])ortunity to visit. Mr. Nelson Lundwall, of l^ozeman, has sent me the 

 records of several species new to the Gallatin Valley, which are particularly 

 interesting as extreme western records in the state. Mr. J. L. Sloanaker, of 

 Kalispell, has sent me many notes on birds in that vicinity and at Flathead 

 Lake. Ilis notes are particularly valuable, as they .supplement the previous 

 knowledge of summer birds in this region with knowledge of those si)ecies 

 which occur in the migrations and in winter. Mr. Gerald B. Thomas, of Bill- 

 ings, whose friendship I made at Bozeman during my first year in the state, 

 has sent me the most recent of these manuscript lists, relating mainly to the 

 vicinity of Billings, a portion of the state from which very little was previously 

 known. His notes on the breeding water birds of the lake basin country north 

 of Billings are of unusual interest ; they have added many valuable records 

 and several new species to the state list. Mr. C. F. Hedges, of Miles City, who 

 collected a large number of the birds now at the University of Montana in Mis- 

 soula, has renewed his interest in birds and has sent me the results of his recent 

 collecting. These results have added two new subspecies to the state list, and 

 have widened the known ranges of several other species and subspecies. 



In addition to the above lists, received direct from field observers, I have 

 received encouragement and assistance from ornithologists v.iienevei' it has 

 been needed and wherever T have turned. Dr. Louis B. Bishop has aided uw 

 from the first, identifying subspecies of nearly all the birds I have collected in 

 the state, and more recently those which ~Mv. Hedges luis sent m>'. and gi'anting 

 me the use of both his library and collection in my search for records. The 

 late Wells W. Cooke, to whom 1 wrote of my intentiou to write a Montana list, 

 less than two months be Fore his death sent me not oidy the information for 

 which T fii'st wrote him but also a long list of T'eferences to publications on 

 Montana birds, many of which were new to me. It is interesting to know that 

 Cooke once contemplated living in Montana, and that he had gathered these 

 references with the idea that he might himself some day write a state list. 

 This contribution did much, both to, complete my bibliography of the state, and 

 to give me previously unknown sources of infornmtion. Since Prof. Cooke's 

 death, Dr. H. C. Oberholser has sent me information from the records of the 

 Biological Survey, whcnevei- T have requested it. shoAving the same spirit of 

 interest and helpfulness. To Prof. Morton J. Elrod, of the University of Mon- 

 tana. 1 am indebted foi- tlie op])ortunity to spend two sinnmers in bird study 



