241. 
258a. 
263. 
Zio: 
281. 
297. 
304. 
309. 
316. 
WYOMING BIRDS. 
Bittern. Uncommon summer resident in the Little Laramie 
Valley. 
Great Blue Heron. Common ‘summer resident. Formerly 
there was a large rookery near Laramie, but now there 
are only 3 or 4 pairs nesting there. 
Snowy Egret. A specimen taken near Laramie, May 25th, 
1913. 
Black-crowned Night Heron. Common summer resident in 
the Little Laramie Valley. 
Sora. One specimen taken on September 14th, 1911, at Webb 
' Lake, near Hatton. 
Coot. ‘Common summer resident about some of the alkali 
lakes on the Laramie Plains. 
Wilson’s Phalarope. Abundant summer resident. 
Avocet. Abundant summer resident about the alkali lakes. 
Wilson’s Snipe. On June 10th, 1911, in the canyon east of 
Pilot Knob, in the Laramie Hills, I found two young birds 
that had just been hatched. On June 26th, 1913, I took a 
set of 4 eggs at the head of Centennial Valley. 
Baird’s Sandpiper. On August 2, 1911, a few of this form 
were with a flock of Wilson’s Phalaropes about the alkali 
lakes near Sprague’s Lane. 
Yellow-legs. Abundant summer resident. 
. Western Solitary Sandpiper. On August 3rd, one specimen 
was found in the Little Laramie Valley, near Sprague’s 
Lane. . 
Western Willet. During August, 1911, these were in flocks 
of 10 to 15 about the alkali lakes. 
Spotted Sandpiper. Abundant summer resident. On July 2, 
1911, at Lake Owen, altitude 9,100 feet, I found a female 
with two young birds just out of the nest. 
Killdeer. Abundant summer resident. 
Mountain Plover. Small flocks of 4 to 15 were to be seen 
about the alkali lakes in August. 
Dusky Grouse. Common resident in the mountains. 
White-tailed Ptarmigan. Fairly common resident on the 
highest peaks of the Medicine Bow Mountains. 
Sage Hen. Reported from the Laramie Hills near here. 
Mourning Dove. Common summer resident. 
