1921 BIRDS OF MONTANA 51 



1900 (Silloway, 19()l;i, p. 42) ; GuUatin Valley, August 24. IDOS: Mystic Lake. 

 Gallatin County, August 4, 1909; Silvi>r Bow, August 25, 190!); Gold Civck. 

 Powell County. August 20, 1910; Race Track. Deer Lodge County, Seiitcmber 

 26, 1910; Bitterroot Valley, Sei)teml)er 7. 1911 (Bailey, M8) ; Kalispell, August 

 1. 1914. 



ti;5. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus (Brewster) 



Western Wu.i.et 



A rather rare sunnuer resideul, nr migrant, priueipally in the eastern part 

 of the state. There are no i-ecoi-ds at pi'esent west of the coniincntal di\id.'. 

 Breeding records: Breeds, Kocky .Moiuitains ( Coues, 187415, i>. !i42i ; .Morcland 

 (now Manhattan, Gallatin County), August 19, 1888 (Rielnuoud and Kuowl- 

 ton, 1894, p. 302) ; two ne.sts found near Belgrade, Gallatin County. 1911, by \V. 

 Ij, Thomas (Saunders, 191)-ia, p. 110); nests commonly near Billings (Tlionuis, 

 IMS I. 



^ligraLion reeorils : Custer and Dawson counties, 'Slay 2"), 1902; .Ma.v 27, 

 1903; September ."> and S, 1903 (Cameron, 1907, p. 254); Fort Kcogli. rare in 

 spring (Thorne, 1895. j.. 21:'.); Lewistown, May 2, 1903 (Silloway, 19():;a. p. 

 2(1) ; Dutton. eight. May 9. 1917 ( DuBois, MS). 



84. Bartramia longicauda (Beehstein) 



Ci'LANn Peover 



Formerly an abundant suunuei- resident thi-ougliout the state on the pi-aii'ies 

 and in the valleys of the mountainous half. Now still found in many Incalilies 

 and common locally, but becoming steadily rarer. Breeding records: Xests with 

 fresh eggs found June 14 to July 15, 1873 (Allen, 1874, p. ()7 ) ; (Quaking Ash 

 River, eggs and bird obtained June 2(i, 1874 (Coues, 1874b, pp. ()44-()45) ; 

 abundant, upper Missouri, young obtained in July (Grinnell, 1876, p. 653) ; 

 connnon to eastern base of mountains (Cooper, 1869b, p. 298) ; Yellowstone River 

 (McChesney, 1879, p. 2393) ; Dearborn River, nest with eggs hatching. June 21 

 (Croft, 1882, p. 107) ; Custer and Dawson counties, nests and young found eai'ly 

 in July (Cameron, 1907, p. 254) ; Flathead Lake, adult and downy young taken 

 June 21, 1901 (Silloway, 19()la, p. 42) ; Fort Keogh, breeds (Thorne, 1895, p. 

 213) ; Fergus County, nests at Lewistown, May 25, 1904 (Silloway, 1904b, ]>. 

 149, and 1903a, p. 20) ; Gallatin County, July 30, 1908 and July 22, 1909 (Saun- 

 ders, 1911a, p. 34); Teton County, June 27, 1911 (Saunders, 1914a, p.l30) ; 

 newly hatched young found near Billings, June 7, 1918 (Thomas, MS). 



Migration dates: Big Sandy, September 6, 1903 (Coubeaux), and Columbia 

 Falls, average May 12, earliest April 27. 1894 (Cooke, 1910a, pp. 66-67). 



85. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot) 



BUFE-BKE.\STEn SaNDIMI'ER 



Several flocks, numbering fifty to seventy-five liirds each, were iound in 

 the Lake Basin country of Yellowstone County, Septemi)er 1, 1917. Scver-al birds 

 were secured for identification (Thomas, MS). 



