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 May, 1915 BIRDS OF KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO 123 rest at the southern end of the lake and on St, Joe marshes. A few would spend the day in the grain fields in the Palouse farming district and return to the sheltered bogs of the lake to spend the night. During the fall and winter of 1913, I failed to see or hear any migrant flocks and none for the fall of 1914. Very few Geese have been seen on the lake for several years past. If migrations still continue over the same course the birds must pass over late at night and high up. They may be diminishing fast in num- bers. southern end of lake. One seen on Lake Chatcolet October 30, 1914. Botaurus tentiginosus. American Bittern. Rare resident of the marshes. Taken at meadows, Lake Coeur d'Alene; also on Fernan alder swamp. specimens examined: One taken on marsh, Fernan Lake; two specimens taken along St. Joe River,--one being an adult male, February 14, 1913. Porzana carolina. SoLa Rail. Rare resident of the marshes; one specimen exam- ined. Futica americana. American Coot. Fairly common in fall on open water. Large numbers congregate on Chatcolet Lake since the passage of the law prohibiting the use of motor boats in hunting water fowl on the lake. kobipes Iobatus. Northern Phalarope. Rare-fall migrant. One specimen noted on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Recurvirostra americana. Avocet, Rare. One specimen examined, taken on St. Joe marshes. Gallinago deticata. Wilson Snipe. Rare fall migrant. One seen at meadows, Lake Coeur d'Alene, September 13, 1913. Two take/ at Chatcolet Lake in September, 1914. Actitis macutarius. Spotted Sandpiper. Fairly comInon summer resident along shores of the lakes in Kootenai County. One taken at Fernan Lake, May 17. Nest with four eggs found in a field near F. ernan Lake shore, June 27, 1914. Squatarota squatarota. ' Black'-bllied Plover. Rare. One specimen examined, taken on St. Joe marshes. Oxyechus vociferus vociferus. 'Killdeer.' Not common summer resident, breeding in suitable localities. Earliest record for spring arrival, March 9, 1913. None seen after September 1. ton, a number of pairs of quail have shifted .into this vicinity, nesting in meadows and grain fields, and raising large broods; but owing to the open season during the month of November, and deep snow in winter, there is little chance of them becoming plenti- ful. Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni. Richardson Grouse. Fairly common resident throughout the mountains; most plentiful in Coeur d'Alene National Forest reserve. Bonasa umbettus togata. Canadian Ruffed Grouse. Common resident in conifer- ous timber and thickets. More abundant during the season of 1914 than for many years past. ing the fall of 1914. Two specimens taken and two others seen. Skins are identical with those taken in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. With the exception of one speci- men taken in deciduous thickets at Fernan Lake, this race was seen only in lodgepole pine thickets on the prairie, north of the city. Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus. Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse. Becoming rare as a resident; occasionally seen in fall in small flocks on the prairie, north of the city. frozen in ice on Fernan Lake in December, 1913. Zenaid,,ra macro,,ra margineUa. Western Mourning Dove. Fairly common sum- mer resident, nesting in pine timber on open ridges and hillsides. Congregates in small flocks on fields in latter part of AugusL Nest with two fresh eggs found in small pine on Tubbs Hill, June 26, 1912. Catbuttes aua septentrionaliz. Turkey Vulture. Occasionally seen during the summer.
 * Olor buccinator. Trumpeter Swan. Rare fall migrant; occasionally seen at
 * Ardea herodias herodias. Great Blue Heron. Rare fall and winter visitor. Three
 * Colinus virginianus. Bob-white. Owing to nearness to Spokane Prairie, Washing-
 * Boausa umbettus sabini. Oregon Ruffed Grouse. Observed for the first time dur-
 * Phasian,,s torq-at-s. Mongolian Pheasant. One specimen examined, found