Part 12

Pooecetes gramineus confinis Baird. Western Vesper Sparrow. Common resident. (D. A. 1391, Moscow, Latah County, April 16, 1939.)

Chondestes grammacus strigatus Swainson. Western Lark Sparrow. Common resident. (D. A. 1579, 3 mi. SW Moscow, Latah County, May 21, 1940.)

Amphispiza belli nevadensis (Ridgway). Northern Sage Sparrow. Resident in southern Idaho. Davis (1935b:236) took one specimen in Minidoka on May 19, 1921.

Junco hyemalis cismontanus Dwight. Slate-colored Junco. Fairly common winter visitant with other juncos. See Miller (1941:329) for records of these birds.

Junco oreganus Townsend. Oregon Junco. Common resident. See Miller (1941:238) for ranges of the following subspecies.

a. mearnsi Ridgway. Pink-sided Junco. Resident in Custer and Fremont counties.

b. montanus Ridgway. Montana Junco. Resident in northern and western Idaho.

Junco caniceps caniceps (Woodhouse). Gray-headed Junco. Miller (1941:180) states that some hybridization occurs between this species and oreganus in Bannock and Cassia counties. It is resident in southeastern Idaho.

Spizella arborea ochracea Brewster. Western Tree Sparrow. Fairly common resident in central and northern Idaho. (D. A. 1516, nest and eggs, Moscow, Latah County, April 6, 1940.)

Spizella passerina arizonae Coues. Western Chipping Sparrow. Very common resident in the Transition Life-zone. (D. A. 1805, junction of Dutch Creek and Boise River, Boise County, July 4, 1941.)

Spizella breweri breweri Cassin. Brewer Sparrow. Resident in southern Idaho. Davis (1935b:235) records the bird as a summer resident at the Minidoka Project.

Zonotrichia querula Nuttall. Harris Sparrow. Wyman (1911a:267) records this bird from Nampa, Valley County, in winter.

Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster). White-crowned Sparrow. Common resident.

a. gambeli (Nuttall). Gambel Sparrow. Migrant. (Univ. Idaho No. 6, Moscow, Latah County, September 26, 1936.)

b. leucophrys (Forster). White-crowned Sparrow. Resident in the Hudsonian and Canadian zones. See A. O. U. Check-list (1931) for range of this subspecies.

Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin). White-throated Sparrow. Wyman (1912b:247) reported this bird from Nampa, Valley County, in winter.

Passerella iliaca schistacea Baird. Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. Uncommon resident in the Transition Life-zone, and fairly common in migration. (D. A. 1365, Pocatello Creek, 3 mi. E Pocatello, Bannock County, April 2, 1939.)

Melospiza lincolnii alticola (Miller and McCabe). Montane Lincoln Sparrow. Resident in the boreal zones, and fairly common in migration. See Miller and McCabe (1935:149) for range of this subspecies.

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.

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.

1946b. Speciation in the white-cheeked geese. Wilson Bull., 58:94-103.