1921 



BIRDS OF MONTANA 



129 



(•ert.'iinly he fomul in suitalili' localities in Madison and i?i avci-ht'ad eoiiniifs. It 

 has iiiM n i-c'cordcd fi'oiii tlir (iallatin liasin, and I'roiii tin ni'i!.dd)orlioo(i of Sedan 

 in (I'allatm Coiiiity (Saunders. 1 111 la. p. 44). where it is i|iute eomnion in sas'' 

 hriish areas. 1 ha\-e also noted it eonuiion in Parl< ( 'ounty. in the Shicdds River 

 \'alley. on Traill (reek, ami at other points a few miles west of Fjiviugstone. 

 Thes" ai't tile only I'eem-ds. Xo mii;-ration dates are availalile, and, althoiit;h the' 

 hii'il iindouliti'dly nests, tliei-e ai'e no reeords of its nesting at present. 



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ROW H()MI^1\K1 Jl I I T HSON COI \T\ Il\l 



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245. Melospiza melodia montana Henshaw 



.MolNTAIN S(l.\(; SPAKI;II\V 



A common smnmer resident of the western half of the- state. vVlso found 

 somewhat less commonly in many loealitii's throngliont the winter. Breeds in 

 the Transition zone in the mountain xalh^ys and lower mountains, m willow- 

 thickets along streams. Konnd eastward to the e(l>;c of the praii'ies hut not in 

 the prairie region itself. Thi' easternmost localities where it breeds are Teton 

 County at the north (Saunders. Iin4a. p. 1:18), Fergus County in the center of 

 the state (Silloway, lOO.Sa, p. 57). and Coluiid)us. Stillwater County, and Joliet, 



