1916] Dice: Land Vertebrates of Southeastern Washington 307 



BUNCHGBASS HABITAT AID ASSOCIATION (PRAIEIE AREA) 



Exclusive : 



Numenius americanus summer. 

 Archibuteo ferrugineus summer. 

 Asio flammeus summer. 

 Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea 



summer. 

 Otocoris alpestris arcticola 



winter. 

 Otocoris alpestris merrilli 



resident. 



Major : 



Pituophis catenifer catenifer. 

 Pedioecetes phasianellus colum- 



bianus resident. 

 Buteo borealis calurus resident. 

 Buteo swainsoni summer. 

 Falco mexicanus resident. 

 Sturnella neglecta resident. 



Minor: 



Crotalus oregonus. 



Anas platyrhynchos winter. 



Ardea herodias treganzai 



resident. 

 Oxyechus vociferus vociferus 



resident. 



Phasianus torquatus resident. 

 Zenaidura macroura marginella 



resident. 



Accipit^r velox resident. 

 Falco sparverius sparverius 



resident. 



Asyndesmus lewisi summer. 

 Colaptes cafer collaris resident. 

 Tyrannus tyrannus summer. 

 Tyrannus verticalis summer. 

 Sayornis sayus summer. 

 Pica pica hudsonia resident. 

 Molothrus ater artemisiae 



summer. 



Eeported : 



Pisobia bairdi migrant. 



Ammodramus savannarum bimacu- 



latus summer. 

 Chondestes grammacus strigatus 



summer. 



Spizella breweri summer. 

 Anthus rubescens migrant. 

 Perognathus lordi lordi. 

 Lepus campestris townsendiiT~ 

 Lepus californicus wallawalla. 



Passerculus sandwichensis alau- 



dinus migrant. 

 Siala currucoides summer. 

 Canis latrans lestes. 

 Taxidea taxus neglecta. 

 Citellus townsendii. 



Icterus bullocki summer. 

 Euphagus cyanocephalus resident. 

 Astragalinus tristis pallidus 



resident. 

 Spizella passerina arizonae 



summer. 

 Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus 



summer. 

 Planesticus migratorius propin- 



quus resident. 

 Sialia mexicana occidentalis 



migrant. 



Mustela arizonensis. 

 Mephitis occidentalis major. 

 Reithrodontomys megalotis 



nigrescens. 



Peromyscus maniculatus gambelii. 

 Thomomys columbianus. 

 Citellus columbianus columbianus. 



Cathartes aura septentrionalis- 

 migrant. 



The bunchgrass habitat is characterized by the wheat bunchgrass 

 (Agropyron spicatum). With this are associated the balsam root 

 (Balsamorhiza sagittata), clarkia (Clarkia pulchella), Indian bullet 

 (Lithospermum ruderale], phlox (Phlox sp.) and several lupines 



