180 WILD- AXIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 



Lazuli Bunting: Passei'ina airwina. — A little male Lazuli with 

 bright-blue back and brownish breast was seen back of Glacier Park 

 Hotel on a tree above a brushy bench, where it sang its bright, cheery 

 song. Another lazuli was seen at Lake McDerniott. The birds are 

 also recorded from the North Fork of the Flathead by Mr. Biyant, 

 a,nd on July 1, 1913, Mr. Warren saw one along the railroad track 

 about three-quarters of a mile west of Glacier Park Hotel. On Oc- 

 tober 18, 1887, Dr. Grimiell saw one in the brush of the St. Mary 

 Lake shore. 



Family TANGARID^: Tanagers. 



Western Tanagek: Piranga ludo-vlciana. — At St. Maiy Lake the 

 latter part of July, as I followed a quiet wood road in the dark 

 Douglas spruce forest with here and there a. slanting streak of light 

 from the late afternoon sun, I caught a song unheard for many years. 

 Though failing to recognize it on the instant, I found myself trying 

 to imitate it in the swinging rhythm of the tanager's song, and in a 

 moment more caught a flash of yellow from the bird's breast, and at 

 a turn got a glimpse of his reel head between tlie closely spaced trees. 

 But as I was exulting over the discovery, the beautiful bird disap- 

 peared as suddenly as he had come, among the dark shadows of the 

 forest. 



The only others seen by us were two found the last of August on 

 the Camas Lake trail above Lake McDonald, but Mr. Bryant reports 

 them from the North Fork of the Flathead, and in 1895 INIcssrs. 

 Bailey and Howell saw one on the mountain near Nyack and heard 

 a few along the line of the park between there and Belton. 



Family HIRUNDINID^: Swallows. 



Cliff Sav allow: Petrochelidon alhifrons alhtfrons. — S^vallows 

 taken for the cliff were seen August 2 flying over the flats of the St. 

 Mary River and August 6 over the Swdftcurrent 

 Flats. Mr. Gird thinks he has seen them on the 

 North Fork of the Flathead. 



Barn Swallow: Hirundo rustlca erythrogas- 

 From Handbook of Birds. fris. — ]Mr. Stcvcnson reports that the barn swal- 

 FiG. 80.— cuff swai- \q^^ with the long, forked tails have been seen, but 



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are rare, and that they have been noted on the 

 plains to the east of the park. On May 25, 1895, one or two were seen 

 at the upper St. Mary Lake, and on June 20. 1913, Mr. Warren saw 

 one or two along the road between Glacier Park Ho«tel and St. Mary. 

 Tree Swallow: Iridofrocmc hi color. — At the Upper St. Mary 

 Lake, on July 21, in cottonwood stubs,, we found three nests of the 



