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certainly be found in suitable localities in ^ladison and Beaverhead counties. It 

 lu)s been recorded from the Gallatin Basin, and from tiic neighborliood of Sedan 

 in Callatm County (Saunders, 1911a, p. 44), where it is quite common in sage 

 brush areas. I have also noted it common in Park County, in the Shields River 

 Valk'y. on Traill Creek, and at other points a few miles west of Livingstone. 

 Thes" are tiie only records. No migration dates are available, and, although the 

 bird undoubtedly nests, there are no records of its nesting at present. 



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Fig. 29. Nest and eggs of Mountain Song Spar- • 

 Kow. Homestake, Jefferson County; June 

 22, 1910. 



245. Melospiza melodia montana Henshaw 



^louNTAiN Song Sparrov^ 

 A common summer resident of the western half of the state. Also found 

 somewhat less commonly in many localities throughout the winter. Breeds in 

 the Transition zone in the mountain valleys and lower mountains, in willow 

 thickets along streams. Found eastward to the edge of the prairies but not in 

 the prairie region itself. The easternmost localities where it breeds are Teton 

 County at the north (Saunders, 1914a, p. 138), Fergus County in the center of 

 the state (Silloway, 1903a, p. 57), and Columbus, Stillwater County, and Joliet, 



