354 Merrill, Birds of Fort Shermatt, Idaho. \^^ 



this bird. Cabanis's Woodpecker is here very unsuspicious, in marked 

 contrast to its behavior in some other regions. After the first of March 

 they are much less common and they breed but sparingly near the fort. 

 Two nests found June 15 contained young, a late date. 



Dryobates pubescens homorus. — Rather uncommon resident, breeding 

 sparingly. Specimens taken here differ from all of the recognized forms 

 in some respects. 



Xenopicus albolarvatus. — A rare resident. 



Picoides arcticus. — A fairly common resident, especially on the higher 

 parts of the hills, where in wdnter I have seen many nesting excavations 

 undoubtedly made by this bird, which shows a marked partiality for 

 locating them near the base of slender pine stubs. Mr. Brewster informs 

 me that the bills of specimens taken at Fort Sherman are longer and slen- 

 derer than in eastern examples, but less so than in the series I took at 

 Fort Klamath, Oregon. 



*Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. — A few pairs breed among the cotton- 

 woods bordering the lake near its outlet and along the river. 



Ceophlceus pileatus. — A rather common resident, more plentiful in the 

 deep woods. 



Melanerpes torquatus. — Arriving early in May, Lewis's Woodpecker 

 soon becomes common and is generally distributed, breeding in cotton- 

 woods as well as in pines. 



Colaptes cafer. — Common summer visitor arriving late in March, 

 though a few remain throughout the winter. Breeds from lake level up 

 to the summit of Mica Peak. Dr. Allen, in the map accompanying his 

 paper on the Flickers,' places northern Idaho in the habitat of C. auratus 

 cafer, or hybridiis, as it w'as formerly called ; but all the specimens 

 taken at Fort Sherman, both breeding and migrating birds, were pure 

 cafer. 



* Chordeiles virginianus. — Arriving about the first of June, few are seen 

 until the 12th or 15th, when they suddenly become common, and so remain 

 until early in August, when more arrive from the north. They are abun- 

 dant until the end of the month, when most leave, a few stragglers being 

 seen until the middle of September. 



In regard to some skins collected here Mr. Brewster writes : " This series, 

 as a whole, seems to me to be referable to virginianus, although two or 

 three of the females have too much gray on the back and wings to be 

 typical. The male, on the other hand, is a typical virginianus." 



* Chaetura vauxii. — This Swift arrives early in May and maybe seen 

 almost daily during the month, generally singly. About July 20 they 

 again appear and pass rapidly to the south, though I have seen one as 

 late as August 31. While none were observed during the breeding 



''The North American Species of the Genus Colaptes.' etc. Bull. Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., IV, map facing p. 24. 



