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PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA 



No. 14 



154. Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassia) 



Williamson Sapsucker 

 A rare snmnu'r resident, mainly in the soiitlnvestei-n part of the state. Oe- 

 curs mostly in the mountains in the Transition zone. There are only a IVw rec- 

 ords, as follows: Gallatin Basin, August 28 to September 3, 1890, three young 

 taken (Riehmond and Knowlton, 1894, p. 303). Madison River, August 13, 1872 

 (Merriam, 1873, p. 694). Seen in numbers throughout the Big Horn Region .-uid 

 on the Yellowstone River; specimens collected August 20, 24 and 29, 1878 (Mc- 

 Chesney,1879. p. 2390) . This record is unusual, because other observers have not 

 mentioned this species in that region, and it is the only record out of the moun- 

 tains, l)esides being the easternmost record for the state. Nesting on Bridgei- 



Fig. 16. Williamson Sap.sl'ckeks at xest-hole; jiale at left, 

 female at kight. little pipestone creek, jefferson 

 County; Jitly 8, 1910. 



Creek, Gallatin County in June, 1909 (Saunders, ^'^^^u. \). 'A^). Divide Creek, 

 Silver Bow County, April 23, 1910, several seen and one taken, and Charcoal 

 Gulch, Silver Bow County, April 30, 1910, one seen (Saunders, ]9r2a, p. 2(t). A 

 nest where the ])arents were feeding young found on I'ipestone Creek, fief fci son 

 County, July 6, 1910 (Saunders, 19l6d, pp. 203-204). (See fig. 16.) The norili- 

 ernmost locality is Glacier Park, where there are a number of records .it low 

 elevations (F. M. Bailey, 191S, p. 58). 



155. Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola (Uangs) 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker 

 A common permanent resident of the more heavily timbered mountains of 

 northwestern Montana, M'est of the continental divide. There an' also two rec- 

 ords from exircme eastern ^lontana. Tlie eastern limit of tlic rriiuhir I'aiige of 



