176 Wll-l^ ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 



McCoAvx Longspur: Rhyncophanes mccoivni.~T\\Q summer Mc- 

 Cown, distinguished from the Alaska and the chestnut-collared 

 longspurs by its black-tipped tail, its rufous shoulder patch, and 

 crescentic black chest patch, has been suspected by Mr. Bryant in 

 longspur flocks in the park. Breeding on the Great Plains from 

 Alberta to Colorado, it has been reported by Dr. Grinncll as very 

 common close outside the park. While he writes that he should hesi- 

 tate to say that he has seen it within the boundaries of the park, he 

 says : " I have no doubt whatever that it would be taken by anyone 

 who looked for it on the Inlet Flat, and probably also in the valley 

 of the Swiftcurrent. I remember at times during the migration hav- 

 ing seen flocks of these various prairie finches upon the Inlet Flat, 

 and should oifhand state with some positiveness that they were made 

 up of McCown's bunting and the chestnut bunting." 



"Western Vesper Sparrow: Pomcetes gramlneus confinis. — The 

 pale, streaked vesper sparrow, marked by white outer tail feathers 

 and made attractive by its rich, sweet song, was found on the prairies 

 near the Upper St. Mary Lake, July 22, singing loudly from the low 

 weeds. Others were seen between St. Mary and Many Glaciers, and 

 Mr. Warren found them between Glacier Park Hotel and Bison 

 Mountain in the small parks, in June, 1913. Mr. Bryant says they 

 are also found in the prairie patches of the North Fork of the 

 Flathead. 



Western Savannah Sparrow: Passerculus sandwicKensh alaudi- 

 nus. — The small, heavily streaked Savannah sparrows with light 

 stripe through crown and over eye were seen, July T, between 

 Glacier Park Hotel and St. Mary Lake: July 21, at the Upper St. 

 Mary; August 5, on the Swiftcurrent Flats; August 13, along Belly 

 River ; and August 27, above Lake McDonald. They are also reported 

 by Mr. Bryant from the prairie patches on the Avest side of the park, 

 and Mr. Bailey found several of them on Big Prairie, April 18, where 

 they seemed much at home on the fences and in the grassy fields. 



Western Lark Sparrow: Chondestes 

 graminacus strlgatus. — In speaking of 

 the birds seen on the prairie patches of 

 the Xorth Fork of the Flathead, Mr. 

 Bryant says, " I have never had the bird 

 in hand, but I am sure I ha^e seen the 

 western lark sparrow." The chestnut 

 patch and black and white streaks on 

 the side of the head, together with the 

 white tail corners, make it an easy bird 

 to recognize. 



White -CROW NED Sparrow: Zono- 

 From Biological Survey. (Fuertes). frkhia Uucophrys.— The h a u d s o m c 1 y 



FIG. 78.-white-crowned sparrow, marked whitc-crown is one of the most 



