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PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA 



No. 11 



5. Podilymbus podiceps (Linnai'us) 



PlED-BILLED GrEBE 



A summer resident, not reported from many localities, and ai)i)an'ntl,v com- 

 mon only in the southern half of the state. 



Records: Regular summer resident in Fergus County (Sill()\\ay, lIHi.'In. |). 

 11.) .Voted once at Flathead Lake (Silloway, 1901a, p. 37). In .small numlicrs 

 on tile Big Horn River (McChesney, 1879, i). 2395). Yellowstone River, May 

 23 and 31, 1904 (Cameron, 1907, p. 247). Gallatin County, August 29, 1908 

 (Saunders, 1911a, p. 32). Rare in summer in Teton County (Saunders, 1914a, 

 p. 127). Nests conunonly on little lakes in vicinity of Billings (Thomas, MS). 



Fig. 10. Female Horned Grebe on the m:; 

 Montana; June, 1917. Photo bv A. 



Near Duttox, Teton 

 Dubois. 



6. Gavia immer ( Iti-iiiuiieh) 



Loon 



A sunnuer resident in suitable localities, mainly in the noi tiiwestern part 

 of the state. Noted as a migrant elsewhere, hut records in the eastern i)art of 

 the state are few. 



Records: Flathead Lake, common summer resident. (Silloway, 1901 a. ji. 

 37). Abundant on the Missouri (Grinnell, 1876, p. 655). Gallatin Valley 

 (Saunders, 1911 a, p. 32). Priest Butte Lake, Teton County, ilay 26, 1912 

 (Saunders, 1914a, j). 127). Stevensville, Ravalli County, taken in April, 1908, 

 in April or May, 1910, and in the fall of 1912 (Bailey, MS). Winter records: 

 Found dead in ice on Foy's Lake, Kalispell, December 24, 1917. Two seen on 

 Flathead Lake, January 12, 1917 (Sloanaker, MS). Seen on the Yellowstone 



