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iis other rcrords from this same pulilication show that Trook was colh-eting in 

 this vicinity in 3Ia.y, 1860. Several pairs seen in the Big Horn ilouutains by 

 J. C. Jlerrill, and thought to be breeding (Wade, 1881, p. 44). Birch C'l-eek, 

 Teton County, May 30 to .Tunc o. 1012 (Saunders. 1914a, p. 128). Tccl>crg Lake, 

 (xlacicr National Park', a pair dhsrrvrd June 27, ]!)l:i (Warren. 11114. p. ■')'.'>■')). 

 i'ppcr Two Medicine Lake. (Jhn-ier National Park, August .1, 1014 (Snundei's. 

 IDl-jc. ]). 22.')). A pair taken on Flathead Lake without date, were iiHiunled liy 

 Stanford (Sloanakcr, ^IS). Seven sei'u on the West (iailatin l>i\ei- September 

 :iO, 1:J17 (Thomas, .AIS). 



48. Oidemia deglandi Bonaparte 



White- wiN'iiEr) Scoter 

 .\ Fall migrant in the western part of the state, oecurring iri some iiiimhei's 

 in August, indiciiling tliat it ma.v possibly breed in th- state. 'IMie only i-eeords 

 are as follows: Ileadwatei's of the .Missouri (proliably mainly liroadwater 

 County), August 11, 1900, abundant (Jones and Dawson, 1900, p. 29). .\ fall 

 migrant on Flathead Lake according to Stanford (Saundere, 191.')!), p. 114) 

 rpper Two Jledicine Lake, Glacier National l^ark. one seen August ."). 11)14. A 

 migrant at Billings (Thomas, AIS). 



44. Oidemia perspicillata (Linnaeus) 



Si'KE Scoter 



Ocelli's on Flathead Lak:e in fall. Three specimens mounle.l by Stanf(U'd 

 (Saunders. 191.")b. |>. 114i. Several oiMMirred on Big Lake, Stillwater County. 

 in the fall of 1917 (Thomas, .MS). 



45. Erismatura jamaicensis ( (4melin ; 



IJiDDY DrCK 



A migrant, jirobably throughout the state, though records are lacking in 

 some localities. Breeds along the northern border. Breeding records: .Alilk 

 River (Cones, 1874b, |). (ir)4) ; Flathead Indian Resei'vation, IMissoula County 

 (Silloway, 1908b, p. 80). Breeds in the lake basin near Billings, eggs having 

 been secured June 4, 1918. Eggs were found in nests of the Pintail and Shovel- 

 ler (Thomas, MS). 



^Migration records: Fort Keoyh. April 21. 1S89 (Thome. 189.'). j.. 212): 

 Yellowstone River (Cameron. 1907. p. 2.')(h ; Fergus County (Silloway. 19(i:ia. 

 p. 14): Anaconda, Oetobei-, 1910 (Saunders. 1912a. \>. 28): Bilterroot Valley. 

 rare fall migrant. Found at Corvallis in ()<'tober, 191(1 and 1911. One, Oetobei- 

 10, 1911 (Bailey, MS). 



i6. Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus (Pallas) 



Snow Goose 



.\ eommon migrant on jirairies and in valleys practicall.v throughout the 

 state, but not reported from some loealitii's. Records, with migration dates, are 

 as follows: Custer and Dawson eounties, Ai^ril 7. 1890; Seiitembi'i- 12. 1904. 

 and November 12, 1908 (Cameron, 1907. p. 2.')0). Cpper .ALssouri in Oi^tober 



