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is reported as most abundant in fall. Breeding records : Custer and Dawson 

 counties (Cameron, 1907, p. 253) ; PVrgus County (Silloway, 1903a, pp. 17-18) ; 

 Flathead Lake (Silloway, 1901a, p. 41) ; Gallatin County (Saunders, 1911a, p. 

 34, and 1912e, p. 170) ; Jefferson County (Saunders, 1910a, p. 198) ; Teton 

 County (Saunders, 1914a, p. 130) ; and at Fridley, Park County, June, 1909. 

 Dates for nesting are as follows : Gallatin County, June 7, 1909, and Jefferson 

 County, June 12, 1910. 



Winter records for this species are Custer and Dawson counties (Cameron, 

 1907, p. 253; northern Montana (Cooke, 1910a, p. 24) ; Teton and Gallatin coun- 

 ties (Saunders, 1911a, p. 34, 1913a, p. 116, 1914a, p. 130) ; Helena (Saunders, 

 1911b, p. 108) ; Bitterroot Valley (Bailey, 1913a, p. 94) ; Missoula (Kittredgo, 

 1916, p. 30) ; and Flathead Lake (Sloanaker, MS). The migrations of this bird 



Fig. 12. Nest and eggs of Wilson Snipe. Pipe- 

 stone Basin, Jefferson County, Mon- 

 tana; June 12, 1910. 



evidently take place in April and October, from the increased abundance at 

 those seasons, but dates are difficult to give with certainty. Cooke (1910a, p. 

 25) gives a number of dates of supposed migration. 



69. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say) 



Long-billed Dowitcher 

 Obtained on the Little Horn River in the spring of 1878 by Col. Brackett 

 (McChesney, 1879, p. 2393). Recorded as a migrant in Fergus County (Sillo- 

 way, 1903a, p. 18). Coues (1874a, p. 478) mentions this bird as very abundant 

 on the Upper jNIissouri, but this may apply to Dakota rather than Montana, as 

 the scarcity of other records in the latter state would show that the species is 

 rare. Common between Acton and Broadview, Yellowstone County, fall of 1917 

 (Thomas, MS). 



