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A few South Dakota Records of some Western Birds. A shoit 

 time ago 1 wenl o\ ei the bird skins in the museum here and sent a number 

 which promised to be of interesl to the Biological Survey for identification 

 bj U C Oberholser. In :i Letter recently received from Wills \\. Cooke 

 he states that, among others, the following records are extensions ol pre- 

 viously established ranges. It is therefore thought thai the publication 

 of the known data concerning these records would be desirable. The Grebe 

 was collected 1\\ II. B. Lee of Rapid City, the Savannah, Grasshopper and 

 Tree Sp • bj E H. Sweel of Sturgisand the remaining numbers bj 



the writer. 



AEohmorphorua oooldentalis. Western Grebe. Hamlin County, 

 northeastern S. D>, Nov. 10, 1911, immature. (Mr. Lee states that he 

 has found nests of this species :tml seen young in .ill stages upon Lake 

 Norden in that county.) 



Otus asio maxwellia*. Kooky Mountain Screech Owl. Oelriohs, 

 Fall Kiwi County, southwestern S. D., Vim. <">. L911. Considered by 

 to be a notable extension «>t' range. 



Dryobates pubeseens homorus. Batchelder's WOODPECKER. 

 Willet, Harding County, northwestern S. P.. Sept. i. L912, 



Myiochanes richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. Fall River 

 County July 27, 1911, Lawrence County, northern Black Hills, July 25, 

 Harding County, Sept. I. L912. (Abundant in the pine forested areas oi 

 western S D I 



Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus. Pinyon Jay. -Buffalo Gap, I'all 

 River County, July 24, L911. (Quite frequent in the coniferous regions 

 especially the Black Hills. Cabe Hills and Pine Ridge.) 



Pooecetes gramineus coniinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. Forest- 

 burg, Sanborn County, southeast-central S. D. July 15, 1906. 



Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus. Western Sa\ \\\\u Spar- 

 row Menno, Hutchinson County, southeast-central S. D., Apr. 28, 1902. 



Ammodiumus bairdi. Batrd's Sparrow. Harding County, July 12, 

 L910, Sepl . .'i. 1912. (Breeds quite abundantly in the extreme northwestern » 

 corner of tin" state.) 



Ammodramus savarmarum bimaculatus. Western Grasshopper 

 Sparrov Menno, Hutchinson County, Aug. 15, 1900. 



Spizella monticola ochracea. \\ estern I'm i Sparrow. — •Hutchin- 

 Bon County, Dec. 27, 1900. 



Spizella passeriiiaarizoiifle. Western Chipping Sparrov Oelriohs, 

 Fall River County, \tm. t. 1911. 



Guiraca crerulea lazula. Western Blue Grosbeak, Carter, 

 Tripp County, south-central S. D., lug. 16, 1911, immature. Breeds 

 frequently in the Tine Ridge country as far oast as the 100° o( longitude. 



Myadestes townsendi. Townsend's Soutairb. Minnekahta, Fall 

 RiverCounty, July '27, 1911, a fledgling. Breeds regularly and plentifully 

 in all son ions of the Black Hills. A straggler noted at Vermilion, extreme 

 southeastern s. p.. Jan. 9, 1911, (see 'The Auk'. April, 1911, p 270) 

 - S. s. VrsHER, State Unw sity, 1 ermilion, S. />. 



