A Check-List of the Birds of Idaho

by M. Dale Arvey

Melospiza melodia (Wilson). Song Sparrow. Common resident.

a. fallax (Baird). Mountain Song Sparrow. Resident in southern Idaho. (D. A. 1839, Head Taylor Creek, Boise County, August 7, 1941.)

b. merrilli Brewster. Merrill Song Sparrow. Resident in central and northern Idaho. (Univ. Idaho No. 103, Moscow, Latah County, February 22, 1938.)

Calcarius lapponicus alascensis Ridgway. Alaska Longspur. Uncommon migrant. Merrill (1898:15) records one specimen of this species taken at Fort Sherman on November 13, 1896.

Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis (Linnaeus). Eastern Snow Bunting. Uncommon migrant. Rust (1915:127) records the bird as rare in migration in Kootenai County, and Merrill (1898:15) states that it is irregular in winter at Fort Sherman.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aldrich, J. W.

1944. Notes on the races of the white-breasted nuthatch. Auk, 61:592-604.

1946a. New subspecies of birds from western North America. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 59:129-136.