12 Visher, Birds of Harding County, South Dakota. [.Jan. 



77. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. — 

 An abundant summer resident in the groves of the Little Missouri Valley, 

 and sparingly in the buttes. 



78. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. — Breeds wher- 

 ever trees occur; much more frequent east of the Little Missouri than west 

 of it. 



79. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. — A common 

 summer resident in and west of the Little Missouri Valley. Rare to the 

 eastward. 



80. Phalsenoptilus nuttalli. Nuttall's Poorwill. — A frequent 

 breeder in the high buttes. One was seen on the mesa of Cave Hills, one 

 in badlands in Slim Buttes, and a third was flushed in an arroya at the 

 base of Slim Buttes. They were heard each night during the two weeks 

 spent about the Cave Hills. 



81. Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Xighthawk. — Com- 

 mon breeder in the plains. 



82. Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. — Sev- 

 eral pairs nested on the high castellated buttes of Slim Buttes and a few 

 at the north end of the East Short Pine Hills. 



83. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Nests sparingly, usually in 

 box-elder trees, wherever trees occur. 



84. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. — Rare in the area 

 under discussion. One pair nested in the foothills of the Cave Hills and 

 two more in the extreme eastern and southeastern portions of the county. 

 Their favorite nesting site, a small tree near a farm house on the plains, is 

 almost lacking as yet. 



85. Sayornis saya. Say's Phozbe. — Abundant summer resident 

 wherever cliffs occur. Therefore most numerous in the badlands. 



86. Myiochanes richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. — Nests 

 rarely in the forested parts of the high buttes. 



87. Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — One was 

 seen in Slim Buttes August 20. 



88. Empidonax trailli. Traill's Flycatcher. — Nests, not fre- 

 quently, along the Little Missouri and in canons of the forested buttes. 



89. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher.* — A pair nested 

 in a grove in a valley in Cave Hills. 



90. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema. Desert Horned Lark. — One 

 of the four most numerous residents of the plains. A nest with four eggs 

 was found July 15. We estimated that there were perhaps twenty-five 

 adults to each section (640 acres) of land. 



91. Pica pica hudsonia. Magpie. — Common resident in groves in 

 the Little Missouri Valley and in canons of the buttes which are filled with 

 deciduous trees. 



92. Corvus corax principalis. Raven. — Reported by Catron to be 

 abundant at Camp Crook during the very coldest weather only. " Ravens 

 weie seen almost every day on the way to the Black Hills. They had bred 

 on many of the lofty buttes that we passed." (Grinnell.) 



