1921 



BIRDS OF MONTANA 



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dates : Gallatin County, I\Iay 26, 1909 ; Teton County, :\Iay 26, 1912, and Novem- 

 ber 9, 1912. Fergus County, A\n'\\ 28, 1908 ; Great Falls, April 26, 1892 ; Terry, 

 October 4, 1903 (Cooke, 1914a, pp. 45-46) ; Button, April 26, 1916 (DuBois, 

 MS) ; and Flathead Lake, October 23, 1917 (Sloanaker, MS). 



64. 



Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus) 

 Northern Phalarope 



A migrant throughout the state. The present records show that it is a spring 

 migrant mainly, if not entirely, in the eastern half, and a fall migrant in the 

 western half. Spring records are from Custer and Dawson counties only, where 

 three were shot on May 21, 1899, and others seen later (Cameron, 1907, p. 252; 

 1900, pp. 67-70). Four were taken at Fort Keogh, June 18, 1899 (Thorne, 1895, 

 p. 213). Fall records: Rocky Moun- 

 tains, August 16, 1874 (Coues, 1874b, 

 p. 637) ; Fort Ellis, thirty or forty seea 

 in August (Grinnell, 1876, p. 651) ; 

 Gallatin County, September (Rich- 

 mond and Knowlton, 1894, p. 302) ; 

 Teton County, August 13-September 

 4, 1911 (Saunders, 1914a, p. 129) ; 

 Flathead Lake, regular migrant, taken 

 August 27, 1900 (Silloway, 1901a, p. 

 41). In Bitterroot Valley it is a regu- 

 lar fall migrant. A young of the year 

 taken July 5, 1909. Two secured Aug- 

 ust 24, 1910. Three seen in Septem- 

 ber, 1910. Two taken September 7, 

 1911. Common in August and early 

 September, 1912, and late August, 

 1913 (Bailey, MS). The bird is also 

 recorded as taken in Fergus County, pjg. n. ne^t and eggs of the Sora. 

 but the date is not given, so whether Choteau, Teton County; June IS, 



spring or fall migrant in this locality ^^^^- Eighteen eggs were in this 



^ . ,,^.,, ^r^r^^ -.r^s,' NEST, FIFTEEN OF WHICH ARE VISIBLE 



IS not certain (Sdloway, 1903a, p. 17). jj^ ^jjg picture. 



65. 



Steg-anopus tricolor Vieillot 

 Wilson Phalarope 



Summer resident along the northern border of the state, and less commonly 

 farther south. Migrant in the eastern part. Breeding records: Milk River and 

 vicinity (Coues, 1874b, p. 637) ; Lake Bowdoin, pair- probably breeding, June 

 19, 1903 (Willett, 1907, p. 105) ; Gallatin County (Saunders, 1911a, p. 34) ; 

 near Helena (Saunders, 1912c, p. 218) ; Teton County, downy young found in 

 June (Saunders, 1914a, p. 130) ; Bitterroot Valley, one taken June 7, 1913 

 (Bailey, 1913b, p. 184) ; Button, downy young found July 5, 1917 (BuBois, MS). 



