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// yniiuii ;; /; i /'friiiirul ,'>hil mil 



the - . I < j 1 1 m 1 1 \ and loneline . are doubled a i the darknes low 

 era ovei all, by the in< e ;an1 mum human and doleful call ol the 

 pooi will. 



I have found this species in .ill parts oi Wyoming below 

 0,000 feet, bu1 nevei above thai elevation and seldom above 

 8,000 feel Coues reports specimens from Powdei rivei and 

 Big Horn river j Bond has taken icveral spei imens al Chej 

 (line; Wesl has taken Bpe imen at Buffalo. Cary remarks 

 "the monotonous notes ol these birds were heard every nighl 

 neai Newcastle." In the I tiiversity there are foui skins thai 

 were taken in Albany and Carbon counties 



i >i i .i Chordeilei virginianui henryi (< • I 



Wi'.ici ii NKjiith.iwk. 



Summei residenl and very common. This species has 

 been noted by nearly every collectoi ol birds in Wyoming. It 

 should be protected in every possible waj from ili« - would be 

 sportsman, who takes special pains to shoot ii on the wing foi 



practice Its I I is essenl ially insects Wi »od to< 'I. four 



specimens al Bridgei Pass, [856; Cooper took specimens at 

 Fori Laramie, Sept. [6, 1857; Drexel found them al Fori 

 Bridger, i.XtyX ; McCarthj took spei imens on La Bonte 1 reek, 

 1859 ! Williston reported them common al Lake Como after May 

 1 1 si . Coues makes several references to Wyoming specimens; 

 |i ",1111111 finds them abundant al Douglas; Bond reports them 

 abundanl al Cheyenne; Cary reports whal li<' considered this 

 \ . 1 1 i < ■ t \ from Newcastle, tn the University collection there 

 .in foui skins thai were taken in Carbon county. 



i', Aci onautea melanoleucua (Baird.). 

 White throated '-wift. 

 Summei residenl ; l>ni very little is known as to its abund- 

 ance 01 range. I have seen 1 his species in the canons aboul the 

 bai e "i the Blai I. hills, along the foothills ol the eastei n slopes 

 cii the Big Miiiii mountains, and along Medicine Lodge creek 

 mi the eastern side of the Bie Horn ll.'isin. A. ( ). 1 1. ( 1 1<< k 



