°jg J Merrill, Birds of Fori Sherman, Idaho. 349 



brought together by Dr. C. Hart Merriam in Number 5 of the 

 'North American Fauna' series of the Department of Agriculture. ^ 

 This report enumerates 156 species and throws much light on the 

 summer fauna of Southern and Central Idaho. The present paper 

 may be considered as supplementing it as to the winter avifauna 

 and that of the northern part of the State. Since the publication 

 of Dr. Merriam's paper Prof. B. W. Evermann made a small col- 

 lection in the Sawtooth range district in September, 1894, and 

 has kindly allowed me to look over his MS. notes. Two male 

 Pipilos, identified as probably j?iegalonyx, is the first record of this 

 species in Idaho. 



The following observations were made from November, 1894, 

 until December, 1896. One hundred and sixty-seven species are 

 enumerated, of which fifty, to each of which an asterisk is pre- 

 fixed, have not, so far as I am aware, been previously taken in 

 Idaho. I desire to express my obligations to Mr. William Brewster 

 for kindly identifying some of the species ; his opinions are incor- 

 porated in the text. 



* iEchmophorus occidentalis. — A single specimen taken. 



* Colymbus holbcelii. — Resident but most common during migrations. 

 A nearly completed nest was found in the marsh on May iS; when again 

 visited on June 3 it contained four eggs, but was deserted, owing probably 

 to the rapid fall of tlie lake level leaving it high and dry. The parents 

 continued in the vicinity throughout the summer and probably bred again. 



' One paper has been overlooked by Tir. Merriam in the preparation of his 

 Ust. It has the somewhat misleading title of 'The Fauna of Montana Terri- 

 tory,' by J. G. Cooper, and may be found in the 'American Naturalist,' II, 

 pp. 596-600; III, pp. 31-35; 73-84; also p. 224. The conte.xt shows that 

 certain species were taken or observed in what is now the State of Idaho. Of 

 such not included in the Merriam list are, to quote the names as given, Falco 

 cohtmbaruts, Turdits tiaviiis, Sialia 7)iexicana, Seiurus noveboracensis, Setophaga 

 riiticilla, Sitta pygmcea. Pants rufescens, Curvirostra aniericana var. mexicana, 

 Curvirostra letuoptera, Coi'viis caitri)tns, Coliimba fasciata, Ectopistes niigra- 

 toriiis. It may be remarked in regard to these species that the Water Thrush 

 was undoubtedly the notabilis form ; the Crossbill L. curvirostra minor, and 

 the Crow C. americanics, and not what is now understood as can r inns. 

 Columba fasciata was not satisfactorily identified. 



Seiurus aiirocapillus should also be added to the avifauna of Idaho, as 

 Dr. Cooper states (Bull. N. O. C, II, 1S77, p. 91) that it has been "recently 

 recorded from Idaho." I do not know where this record is to be found. 



