BY
M. DALE ARVEY
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Volume 1, No. 10, pp. 193-216
November 29, 1947
University of Kansas
LAWRENCE
1947
University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, H. H. Lane, Edward H. Taylor
Volume 1, No. 10, pp. 193-216
Published November 29, 1947
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
PRINTED BY
FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1947
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By
M. DALE ARVEY
There is comparatively little literature dealing with the avifauna ofIdaho, mostly because relatively few persons have done field work inthe state. In the ornithological literature, there is nothing evencomparable to a "state list," so that when birds supposedly unreportedpreviously from Idaho are found, it is difficult to know whether or notthey should be recorded as "new" to the state. The present paper hasbeen prepared in the hope that it will stimulate additions to, andcorrections of, the list. It is, admittedly, a beginning.
Material for the present article was obtained from personal collectingin the five years and ten months in which I resided in the state(October, 1938-September, 1944). Also, the published reports that couldbe found have been drawn upon; these publications are listed in theappended bibliography. Taxonomic problems, of which many are unsolved,are not here considered, since this is merely a list indicating whetheror not the species or subspecies, as now understood, is known to bepresent, whether it is common, and where it might be found.
The nomenclature is that of the Fourth Edition of the AmericanOrnithologists' Union Check-list and its supplements, except where arevision has been made that is seemingly valid but which has not yetbeen acted upon by the A. O. U. Committee. For each species orsubspecies the objective is to give at least one reference tooccurrence, as to date and place, as accurately as possible.
Reference is made to southern, central, and northern Idaho. Thesereferences denote the Snake River Plains, characterized by sagebrushdesert; the wooded regions immediately to the north of this and in thefoothills, extending to Idaho County in the west; and the so-calledPanhandle, respectively. In all, 292 kinds of birds are recorded in thefollowing list.
Gavia immer elasson Bishop. Lesser Loon. Uncommon resident in thelakes of northern Idaho, and generally distributed. Merrill (1897:350)states that the species is common and resident at Fort Sherman.
Gavia stellata (Pontopiddan). Red-throated Loon. Davis (1935b:234)records specimens taken in migration in Minidoka County at theMinidoka[Pg 196] Irrigation Project, and Rust (1915:121) states that thisspecies is rare in Kootenai County.
Colymbus grisegena holböllii (Reinhardt). Holboell Grebe. Merrill(1897:349) records this species as common in migration at Fort Sherman.
Colymbus auritus Linnaeus. Horned Grebe. Uncommon resident. Davis(1935b:234) records the bird as a summer visitant at the MinidokaProject.
Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heermann). Eared Grebe. Fairlycommon resident along rivers and in lakes. Ru