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PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA 



No. 14 



The migrations of this suhsi)ecies take place in April and from September to 

 November. In soutlnvestern ^lontana it appears to ])e a little earlier in spring 

 and later in fall than mearnsi and nwntanus. ■ Dates of migration are as follows: 

 Gallatin Connty, April 1 to May 8, 1909; Silver Bow County, .March 10 to April 

 o, 1910; Helena, ]\Iarch 26, 1911; Anaconda, April 30, 1911; Missoula, March 1 

 (Kittredge, MS). Fall dates: Gallatin County, October 6 to November 17, 

 1908; Jefferson County, September 22 to October 13, 1909; Deer Lodge County, 

 October 14, 1910; Taylor's Fork, Gallatin County, September 7-8, 1890 (Rich- 

 mond and Knowlton, 1894, p. 306) ; Elk Park, Silver Bow County, September 

 8, 1910; Missoula, November 28 (Kittredge, MS). 



Winter records: iMissoula, uncommon in winter (Kittredge, MS) ; Kalispell, 

 December 26, 1916 (Sloanaker, MS). The only record for eastern ^Montana is 

 from Miles City, January 15, 1900 (Hedges, coll. Univ. Montana). 



The only notes on nesting that relate to this form are of a nest and four 

 (>ggs found at Flathead Lake, July 9, 1902 (Silloway, 1901a, p. 35). Young out 

 of the nest seen at Missoula, May 15 and June 13 (Kittredge, MS). 



Fig. 27. Nkst and egos of Mont\na Junto. 

 Photo my A. D. DuBois. 



Belton; May, 1914. 



