lU'Li.KTIN No. :vi. :•{! 



Early on the morning of August \-'> the Western Meadow- 

 larks were in full song, making a chorus with Robins, Western 

 Lark Sparrows and Desert Horned Larks. A flock of Pipits 

 passed overhead. But we can not stop to call all by name. 

 The list which follows will do that. What most impresses one 

 who is familiar with the eastern regions is the almost lack of 

 birds anywhere out of the valley or at a distance from water. 

 Under such conditions it is far easier to find the birds than 

 where we must look for them ever3-where. With an S-power 

 Bausch and Lomb one can almost sweep the breadth of the 

 valley from the bluff top. 



At about '.) o'clock some good atigel suggested the possi- 

 bilit}' of a train leaving during the morning. Sure enough, 

 there was barely time to pack and get back before time to 

 start." But once aboard the train there seemed to be no hurry! 

 We did finally start some time after 11 o'clock. 



Billings, Mont. Aug. 12-1;'.. 



Green-winged Teal. Desert Horned Lark. 



Blue-winged Teal. \Voo<lhouse'.s Jav. 



Lesser Yellow-legs. Western Meadowlark. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. Pine Siskin. 



Spotted Sandpiper. American Goldfinch. 



Killdeer. Western Savanna vSparrow. 



Mourning Dove. Leconte's Sparrow. 



Marsh Hawk. Western Lark Sparrow. 



Ferruginous Rough-leg. Clay-colored Sj^arrow. 



Desert Sparrow Hawk. Western Field Sparrow. 



Red-shafted Flicker, Arctic Towhee. 



Western Nighthawk. Barn Swallow. 



White-throated Swift. Yellow Warl)ler. 



Kingbird. Grinnell's Water-Tlirnsh. 



Arkansas Kingbird. American Pipit 



Sa^'s Phcebe. Rock Wren. 



Western Wood Pewee. Western Robin. 



Mountain Bluebird. 



Progress was slow. Dtiring the afternoon frecjuent and 

 considerable stops had to be made, both on account of the soft 

 embankments and on account of a heavier train which had 

 started some hours in advance. The cloud, in bursting, had 

 emptied more water close to the south bluff than could find its 

 way into the natural channels, so it rushed straight on to the 

 railroad embankment and tunneled it in a Inmdred places with- 



