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18. Sterna antillarum (Lesson) 



Least Tern 

 One tiilo'n on the Yellowstone River, July l2. IS.'iT, 1iy Lieut. Warren's Kxpe- 

 (lition ( Laird, LS,58, p. 8(14). 



l!). Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Omelin) 



liijACK Tern 



A snnnin'r resident, breediiiii- iu suilahli' places, nuiinly in the noi'thern part 

 of the state. ()e(/urs as a nuiirant, rather erratir-ully in many localities. 



Breeding- reeonls : A jiair seen at Soniei-s. noi-th end of Flathead Lake. 

 June 23, IW.j, were evidently hreediui;' iSiiiinders. IHUia, p. !<rj). Connnon at 

 Kalispell, nesting iu snitahle slouijhs (Sloanaker, .MS). A larf^e colony sei-n at 

 (ii'assy Lake. Teton Connty, June 12, IDKl, aiul two at Priest lUitte Lake, June 

 14, were prohahly breeding (DuRois, .MS). I'.reeds in tin- Lake l?asin near l'>ill- 

 iugs, whei'c nests with egj^s were I'ound at liiy; Lake, June 2'_', IDIS (Thouias, .MS^. 



Migrant records: Custer ami Dawson counties, several eri'alic i ords from 



;\Iay to Angust ((.'ameron, IIMIT. p. 247 i. One taken at Bo/.eiuaii is in the col- 

 lection of the ^Montana .Vg-ricultural College (Saunders, IDlLa, p. :i2i. One 

 seen at Missonla, May :i(l. 1!)17 ( Kiltreilge, .MS). 



20. Phalacrocorax auritus auritus (Lesson) 



1 )()ria.K-rni:s'rKi) ( '(ik.\u)Kant 

 A rare migrant along the larii<'r rivers, mainly in the eastern ])ai't of the 

 state. Records: Oni' on I'ppi'i- St. .Mary Lake, October IT), 1887 (Orinnell, 

 1888, p. 868). One seen on the Vi'llowstoue in Cn.ster Connty, October 15, 191)4 

 (Cameron, 1907, p. 247). One taken at .Miles City in September. 1902, by R. C, 

 Morrison. This specimen was examined in thi' flesh and identilied by C. F. 

 Hedges. It was nionnted by T. J. .Newman, a taxidci'iuist in Mih-s City, but was 

 latei' destroyed (Hedges, MS). Two seen on tht> Missouii River at Lombard, 

 (lallatin County. April 22 and 2:i. 1!I(I9 (Saunders. 19na, p. 32). 



21. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (imelin 



White Pelican 



Breeds in at least two localities in the |)rairie region of the state, and occurs 

 in summer or migrations in many other jtlaces. Found breeding at Lake Bow- 

 doin, young and eggs being seen on July 4, 19ii:) (Willett, 1907, p. 10(i). This 

 colony is evidently still in existence, foi- 1 saw ;i number of birds of this species 

 on thi.s lake, from the ti-ain, on June 22, 1915. A colony of eight pairs breeds 

 on an island in Big Lake, Stillwatei' County, observi'd there in 1918 (Thonuis, 

 MS). 



.Migrant records of this species aic numei'ous and scatter, 'li through the 

 stati'. In many siiiail towns of the state mounte<l specimens of this bii'd arc to 

 be seen in ta.xidermists' shops oi' store windows, testifying to its widespread 

 occurrence. Definite dates of its occui-i'eiu'c are hard to get, however. The oidy 

 ones available are as follows: .Miles City, September 5. 1898 (Camei'on. 1907, 

 p. 247). ('am|) Thorne (site of what is now (llendive), Se|)tember 12, 1S73 



