140 THE CONDOR 
occupying about four pages, relates to the 
author’s own work and the other sources 
which contributed to the results. We learn 
that Mr. Saunders spent nearly five years 
of almost continuous field work, with two 
additional summers, in various sections of 
Montana. The main results of much of this 
work have already appeared from time to 
time. The author also acknowledges im- 
portant assistance gained from manuscript 
reports furnished by a number of ornithol- 
ogists resident in various parts of the State, 
some of these representing several years’ 
observation in their respective sections. The 
more important of these lists and the sec- 
tions covered are as follows: Bernard Bai- 
ley, Bitterroot Valley; A. D. Dubois, Dutton 
and Belton; Joseph Kittredge, Jr., Missoula 
and elsewhere; Nelson Lundwall, Gallatin 
Valley; J. L. Sloanaker, Kalispell and Flat- 
head Lake; Gerald B. Thomas, Billings and 
Lake Basin; and C. F. Hedges, Miles City. 
Of these, the last two contributed notes on 
several forms not otherwise known from the 
State. 
A bibliography is presented listing more 
than 200 titles, arranged by authors alpha- 
betically, and chronologically under authors. 
Of the articles cited 33 are by Saunders and 
22 by Silloway. Among earlier important 
works which are omitted from the bibliog- 
raphy may be mentioned the articles by Cap- 
tain Blakiston on birds collected in the in- 
terior of British America, published in the 
Ibis, 1861-68; and the report by George Mi. 
Dawson of the British North American 
Boundary Commission, 1875. We miss also, 
both in the bibliography and in the accounts 
of many species, references from Mrs. F. M. 
Bailey’s annotated list of the birds of Gla- 
cier Park, issued by the National Park Ser- 
vice, January 10, 1919. This report con- 
tains many detailed notes on nesting and 
migration not given in the brief list in the 
circular which is cited. 
We regret that the author has failed to 
include in his introduction accounts of the 
more important of the early expeditions 
which traversed the State. Thus the fam- 
ous journey of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5, 
during which Montana was crossed on both 
the outward and homeward trips, resulted 
in the discovery of three notable species of 
birds, and of these at least two (Lewis's 
Woodpecker and Clark’s Crow) were first 
seen in western Montana (though the actual 
type specimens were taken in Idaho), yet 
we look in vain for any mention of these 
important facts, either in the introduction 
Vol.. XXIII 
or in the separate accounts of the species. 
Similar lack of detailed treatment obtains 
with reference to Cyanocitta stelleri annec- 
tens, from Hell Gate River, east of Missoula; 
Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus, from the 
junction of the Marias and Yellowstone Riv- 
ers; Ammodramus bairdi, from near Fort 
Union, situated on the north bank of the 
Missouri exactly on the line between North 
Dakota and Montana; Junco hyemalis mon- 
tanus, from Columbia Falls; Pinicola enuc- 
leator montana, from Bear Creek, Gallatin 
County; and Penthestes atricapillus septen- 
trionalis, from the Yellowstone about 30 
iniles above its junction with the Missouri. 
In some of these cases, however, informa- 
tion as to type localities may be found in 
the annotations in the bibliography. We 
can hardly blame the author for failing to 
undertake the drudgery of compiling ac- 
counts of these expeditions, although we con- 
sider them important in a work of this kind, 
but surely the fact that the first known 
specimen of a given species came from the 
State deserves mention under its proper 
heading. An examination of the narratives 
of journeys would also have prevented the 
inclusion under Mergus americanus of the 
upper Powder River and Deer Creek records, 
under Querquedula cyanoptera, of the Popo 
Agie River note, and under AHistrionicus 
histrionicus of the Trook record, which re- 
fers to the Wind River Mountains (see Pal- 
mer, Auk, xxx, p. 106), all relating to local- 
ities well down in Wyoming. 
The annotations generally consist, in the 
case of the commoner species, of a brief sum- 
mary of the status of the bird in the State, 
whether permanent resident, summer resi- 
dent, regular migrant, or casual visitor, to- 
gether with dates of arrival and departure, 
notes on nesting, habitat, zonal distribution, 
and other items of interest. The notes are 
in the main well selected and to the point. 
Each species is treated under the scientific 
name, and usually under the common name, 
given in the 1910 edition of the A. O. U. 
Check-List. We note, however, that in some 
cases vernacular names are used which 
seem more appropriate than the official A. 
O. U. names. An example is Eastern Blue- 
bird, instead of Bluebird, for Sialia sidalis, 
which seems a reasonable change, “from the 
standpoint of a resident of Montana, where 
Sialia currucoides is the Bluebird.” We join 
the author in the hope that similar changes 
in the common names of many species will 
be made in the next edition of the Check- 
List. 
