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young were seen with their parents in the willow thickets of the bot- 

 tom eating black honeysuckle berries. In the Belly River countrj^ 

 they were frequently seen, and they were also found in the Watertou 

 Lake Valley and at Lake jNIcDonald. 



Family LANIID^: Shrikes. 



White-rumped Shrike : Lconius ludo vicianus excubitorides. — Sev- 

 eral times in the fall of 1887 Dr. Grinnell saw the white-rumped 

 shrike — with hooked bill, black eye stripe*, slaty upperparts, and 

 ])lack and white wings and tail — on the Upper St. Mary Lake and in 

 the valley of the St. Mary River. 



Family VIREONID^: Vireos. 



Western Warbling Yireo: Yireosyloa gilca swainsoni — The low 

 pleasing ix)und of the little olive-drab vireo was frequently heard 

 in the willow thickets along watercourses in tJie park — at Glacier 

 Park Hotel, St. Mary Lake, Swiftcurr-ent Creek Flats, Gunsight 

 Lake, Crossley Lake. Belly River, and Lake McDonald. 



Family MNIOTILTID/E: Wood Warblers. 



Black and White Warbler: Mniotilta varia. — A black and white 

 striped Mniotilta was seen, August 20, creeping over the trunks and 

 branches at Lake INIcDonald. and Mr. Bryant is sure that he has seen 

 the bird on the North P^ork of the Flathead. 



Oranoe-crowxed "Warbler: Vermivora celata orestera. — A number 

 of the dull olive-green orange-crowned warblers were seen, August 

 22, in a chaparral basin on the Kootenai Trail with a fall flock of 

 migrants, and others were seen a week later in several places in the 

 vicinity of McDonald Lake. 



Yellow Warbler: Dendroica cestiva a-sfirri. — Yellow warblers, 

 their underparts streaked with rufous, were found in willowy and 

 brushy thickets at Glacier Park, the Swift- 

 current Flats, Upper St. Mary Lake, Belly 

 River, and Lake McDonald. In 189."3 

 Messrs. Bailey and Ilowell found a nest 

 just completed on June 12. 



Audubon Warbler : Dendroica audul>a>ii 

 auduboni. — The handsome Audubon, which 

 in flying from you flashes a bright yellow 

 rump patch and when hunting for insects 

 near by shows his yellow tliroat patch and From Bio!<,Ei>ai sur^ey. 

 black, yellow, and white under .markings, ""'''■ s^— ^"'^u""" ^vari.icr. 

 is one of the most abundant and conspicuous warblers of the Glacier 

 Park forests. In gathering insects for his young he goes about 



