34 Saunders, Birds of Gallatin Co., Mont. [jan. 



30. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — Summer resident. 

 I found this species very abundant about Lombard and Three Forks in 

 April, 1909. A small colony breeds in the cottonwoods along the upper 

 Missouri River. 



31. Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. — Mr. Wyatt Jones told me 

 that this species formerly bred in aspen groves in the East Flathead Valley 

 near Sedan. 



32. Porzana Carolina. Carolina Rail. — I noted a pair of these 

 birds in a swamp near Sedan on June 4, 1909. 



33. Fulica americana. Coot. — I noted a bird of this species on 

 Middle Creek, May 26, 1909. 



34. Lobipes lobatus. Northern Phalarope. — Richmond and 

 Knowlton took this species at a mountain pool in September. 



35. Steganopus tricolor. Wilson's Phalarope. — I noted a pair 

 of these birds near Sedan on several occasions in June, 1909. They were 

 evidently breeding but I was unable to locate the nest. 



36. Recurvirostra americana. American Avocet. — A regular mi- 

 grant. Quite common in the Gallatin Valley in August. 



37. Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — Summer resident. 

 These birds breed rather commonly in willow swamps in the valleys. 

 During May and June the males may be seen commonly circling through 

 the air and performing their curious wing-notes. Mr. Lea Marston 

 showed me a nest of this species near Sedan. Mr. Thomas saw these 

 birds throughout the winter of 1908-9 in a warm willow swamp near 

 Bozeman. 



38. Pisobia bairdi. Baird's Sandpiper. — Recorded from Fort 

 Ellis in the summer of 1875 by Mr. George Bird Grinnell. 



39. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — Recorded with the 

 above species from Fort Ellis by Mr. Grinnell. 



40. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. — Richmond 

 and Knowlton recorded this species as common in September. 



41. Totanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. — Recorded from Fort Ellis 

 in 1875 by Mr. Grinnell. 



42. Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus. Western Solitary 

 Sandpiper. — Common migrant in August. I have not noted it in spring. 



43. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus. Western Willet. 

 — A pair noted by Richmond and Knowlton at Moreland, now known as 

 Manhattan, Aug. 19, 1888. 



44. Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover. — Rather rare sum- 

 mer resident. I noted this species near Sedan July 30, 1908, and in the 

 Gallatin Valley, north of Bozeman, July 22, 1909. In the latter case the 

 bird evidently had young near. 



45. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Common summer 

 resident. Breeds both in the valleys and along mountain streams to at 

 least 7500 feet. This species arrives about the middle of May and leaves 

 in August or early September. 



