1921 BIRDS OF MONTANA 1„'5 



111 May, 1917 ( KittriHlge, MS). Au unusual rei-'onl is that of a siuL^lf l)inl, t'oiiiicl 

 in a floi-k of./. //. ciuncvtius at .Missoula. April lo, 1915 ( Kittivdge. MS). 



2;W. Junco hyemalis hyemalis (Linnaeus) 



Slate-culored Jjjnco 



A regular migrant in the eastern part of the state. Iteing fouud oeeas!07iall.v 

 west to the mountain valleys, ])ut not yet reported from west of the eontiuental 

 divide. Reported to breed in eastern Montana, but the faet thai .)nly one ob- 

 •server reports this suggests that aikeiii may have been mistalicii for hi/i iimlis. 

 Rejiorted from Fort Keogh, with the statement that a few breed ; Tliorne, 1905, 

 p. 217), in Custer and Dawson counties (Cameron, 1908a, p. 42), from Gallatin 

 < 'ount.y (Saunders. 1911a, j). 48). and from other localities mentioiicd below. 



The migrations take place in April and from Sejitember to .Xovriubc r. as 

 indicated in the following records. Spring: March 2, 1900, one; April -i, 

 \'A and l(i, 1902, three more at Miles City (Hedges, coll Tniv. Montana i ; (ialla- 

 1in County, April 10 to .May 19, 1909, and April 2. I!)!! ; Dulton. .Vpril 11 and 

 22. 1915. and Aiiril 11 and 25. 1916 (DiiBois, MS). Fall (iailalin ( 'onnty, 

 September 11 to Xovcmber 11. 1 90S ; Cliotcan, X(.vcli.lier 7, 1:)12: vJi-eat '.''alls, 

 October 10, 1915 (Kittivdgc, MS). 



240. Junco hyemalis oreganus (J. K. Towiisend) 



OeEGON JUNCd 



A rare migrant in the western part of the state. The only definite rrcord 

 is that of one taken on Clear Creek, Deer Lodge County, OctobiT 9, IDIO (Saun- 

 ders, 1912c, ji. 107). I believe, however, that this form \vill pi'ove to be rather 

 commoner than this single record indicates. I secured a male binl in Callatin 

 County, October 6, 1908, which I believe to have bern nn <iiiiiiis, but was unable 

 to save the specimen. I have seen many others that ai)[ieare(l to belong to <ir<- 

 fiainis rather than ((innrctfus. 



241. Junco hyemalis connectens Cones 



SlIIPEUrr .luNCd 



An aliiindant migrant in the western part of the stati', wintering in smaller 

 numbers on the west side of the di\'ide. and evidentl.v breeding in the northwest- 

 ern part. In the northern half of .Montana this form is rare on tlie east side o" 

 the divide in migrations, but the migrant flocks evidently ei-oss the divide in 

 lai-ge numbers about the middle of the state, for in tlc' \alleys and lower inonn- 

 tailis in the southwestern part this bird is very abundant in migratit>ns. This 

 bird was originally reported as the breeding form at Flathead Lake ('Silloway, 

 1901a, p. 35), but more recentl.v a breeding bird taken there jiroved ro be inoii- 

 tanus (Saunders, 191fje, ]i. S6). 'Sir. Kittredge, however, has found coniii'tins 

 breeding at Missoula and in other places in northwestern JMoutana. If identi- 

 fications are all correct, this seems to indicate that the two forms are really si p- 

 arate species, as was supposed at first. 



