. A distributional list of the birds of Montana, with notes on the migration and nesting of the better known species . arliest April 26, 1908; atBig Sandy the average of two years is May 3, with April 21, 1904, the earliest(Cooke, 1910b, p. 240). Specimens in the University of ]Montana collection,taken at Miles City by. C. F. Hedges, are dated April 20, 1900, and April 28,1901. At Dutton dates of its arrival are April 14, 1915, April 13, 1916, andApril 20, 1917 (DuBois, MS). Fall dates are: Terry, September 23, 1903(Cooke, 1910b, p. 241) and Miles City, September 27, 1900 (Hedges, coll.
. A distributional list of the birds of Montana, with notes on the migration and nesting of the better known species . arliest April 26, 1908; atBig Sandy the average of two years is May 3, with April 21, 1904, the earliest(Cooke, 1910b, p. 240). Specimens in the University of ]Montana collection,taken at Miles City by. C. F. Hedges, are dated April 20, 1900, and April 28,1901. At Dutton dates of its arrival are April 14, 1915, April 13, 1916, andApril 20, 1917 (DuBois, MS). Fall dates are: Terry, September 23, 1903(Cooke, 1910b, p. 241) and Miles City, September 27, 1900 (Hedges, coll. ). The nest has been found quite frequently. Nesting begins in Mayand continues, either as a second brood or as delayed nestings, till July. AtDutton the earliest nest with eggs was found May 8, 1915, and the latest, July 1921 BIRDS OF MONTANA 115 10, 1916, with nuiiiei-diis iirsts found at inteivi-niiig dates (DuBois, AIS). Theseare the earliest and hitest dati-s avaihihh from in the state. Anothei-July date is that of six etrgs foiiiul at Milk liiver, (i, (Cones, lS74b,p. 582).. -4. Ciii ^ I \ I I -I I I m:i 1 L \i,-ii i; w 11 11iooii KOI! VIMm:; Ui 1 rox. Piiotd mv A. 222. Rhynchophanes mccowni (Lawrenee) McCoWN LONGSPIIR An abundant summer resident of the eastern half of the state in the prairieregion. The area where it nests is almost coincident with that of the Chestnut-collared Longspur, but it has been found also in one locality in the mountainvalleys, west of the first ranges. This locality is in Broadwater County, abouttwo miles west of the ilissouri River and about fifteen miles south of Raders-burg. At this locality there is a small area where the conditionsare exactly those of the prairie benches in the prairie region, and tiiere theMcCown Longspur is a common breeding bird (Saunders, 1912f, ]). 217). It isquite possible that similar areas may be found in other places, probably in Jef-ferson, Madison and Be
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