356 MERRILL, Birds of Fort Sherman, Idaho. aun 
visitors, its notes being heard almost everywhere. Of a number of sets 
of eggs collected at Fort Sherman none were entirely unspotted but a 
majority were marked at the larger end, more or less distinctly, with 
delicate light brown dots. 
Empidonax wrightii.— Only a single specimen taken; this was on 
May 17. 
* Otocoris alpestris leucolema. — A typical female taken September 28, 
on the prairie. This was one of a number of Horned Larks collected on 
the same day and at the same place, all the others being of the next form. 
*Otocoris alpestris merrillii— Careful search failed to reveal the 
presence of either form of Horned Lark during the winter, though it is 
probable that /ewcolema occasionally occurs about ranch yards at that 
season. The present one returns in March, and during spring and 
summer is very common on the prairie, but none were seen at any time 
about the post gardens and adjoining fields, apparently equally suited to 
their habits. When grouse shooting in August these Larks were often 
flushed in corn and potato fields on the prairie where they sought shelter 
from the intense heat of the sun. Later they are found in the open 
prairie, stubble or ploughed land, collecting in flocks of twenty, forty 
or more. 
Referring to a series of skins collected here, Mr. Brewster writes: 
“Specimens from Fort Sherman appear to be referable to O. a. merrill¢ 
although they are not typical, having the dorsal streaking much less 
pronounced than in Klamath birds. The autumnal examples are also 
more olivaceous above than the latter.” 
Pica pica hudsonica. —Not uncommon in winter, a few individuals 
making daily visits to the back yards of the quarters and to the garbage 
pile a few hundred yards outside the fort. There was a decided increase 
in their numbers about the middle of February, but they were rarely seen 
after March, and none appear to breed near the fort. 
Cyanocitta stelleri annectens. — Fairly common about the fort in spring 
and autumn, a few passing the winter. It does not appear to breed at 
lake level but several pairs were seen early in July on Mica Peak, first at 
an elevation of about 1500 feet above the lake and thence upward to the 
summit. These Jays are typical azmectens. 
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis. — Rather common resident. A pair was 
seen collecting building material for a nest in a young pine on April 17, 
near Hoodoo Lake, about forty miles from the fort, but I was unable to 
return to secure it. 
Mr. Brewster informs me that some skins sent him were much darker 
than Colorado specimens and had the dark occipital band broader. 
Corvus corax sinuatus. — Probably resident; seen occasionally during 
the winter. 
Corvus americanus.— Common during the migrations, a few pairs 
breeding near the edge of the prairie. 
