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Merula migratoria propinqua: Western Robin. — Common winter visitant 
to the valley. 
Ixoreus ncevius meruloides: Northern Varied Thrush. — Common mid¬ 
winter visitant to the mountains and mesas. 
Sialia mexicana occidentalis: Western Bluebird. — Common summer visit¬ 
ant on the mountains ; common winter visitant to the valley. 
Sialia arctica: Mountain Bluebird. — Fairly common midwinter visitant 
to the valley. 
LIST OF T HE BIRDS OF FORT SHERMAN, IDAHO. 
From Dr. J. C. Merrill’s Notes in The Auk , vol. xiv. 347-357, 1897, and 
vol. xv. 14-22, 1898. 
Fort Sherman is in northern Idaho, on Cceur d’Alene Lake, which 
is encircled by hills clad with conifers, and near the Cceur d’Alene 
Mountains. The mouths of streams flowing into the lake afford 
flats with tules, water ^grasses, willows, and a few cottonwoods, 
which are frequented by land birds and a few marsh birds and ducks. 
At the southern end of the lake the marshy valley of the St. Joseph 
River affords good nesting and autumnal feeding ground for water 
birds. When the lake is open a few birds remain on it, going from 
it to the Spokane River when driven out by ice. The local cli¬ 
matic conditions somewhat resemble those of the Northern Cascade 
Range, and while the avifauna is essentially that of the Rocky 
Mountains it has Cascade Mountain elements. 
AEchmophorus occidentalis: Western Grebe. — A single specimen taken. 
Colymbus holbcellii: Holbcell Grebe. — Resident, but most common during 
migrations. 
Poddymbus podiceps : Pied-billed Grebe. — Common on the lake in spring 
and fall. 
Gavia imher: Loon. — Resident and quite common except in winter. 
Larus argentatus: Herring Gull. — Several taken on the lake during fall 
and winter. 
Larus delawarensis: Ring-billed Gull. — Fall and winter visitant. 
Larus Philadelphia : Bonaparte Gull. — One taken and several seen in No¬ 
vember. 
Sterna. — A small white tern breeds about the lake, but no specimens 
were taken. 
Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinatus: White-crested Cormorant. — Several 
cormorants, probably of this form, were seen in September. 
Merganser americanus: Merganser. — Common during fall and winter. 
Merganser serrator : Red-breasted Merganser. — A single specimen taken. 
Lophodytes cucullatus : Hooded Merganser. — The most abundant of the 
mergansers, frequenting especially the rivers, and in the fall collecting 
in flocks of forty or fifty individuals. 
Anas boschas : Mallard. — The commonest duck of the vicinity, a few re¬ 
maining throughout the winter. 
Mareca americana: Baldpate. — Common fall visitant on marshes at 
southern end of lake. 
