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it)-, nlltiDiigh I failed to find it. Ejigs white, 

 speckled witli redciisli-brown. Generally four, 

 sometimes live, and I think six may be depos- 

 ited hut rai-ely. 



14. Partis mnntanus (Gamb.) Mountain Chick- 

 adee. Xot common, breeds sparingly among 

 tlie pinions. Reaches 12,000 feet. It is often 

 found in winter associated with the following: 



15. Panis atn'capiUus spptentrionaUs (Harris), 

 Allen. Long-tailed Chickadee. A resident and 

 very common, habits like its more eastern rel- 

 atives. In measuring many specimens, I find 

 the tail never to reach three inches. Eggs 

 larger, breeds everywhere. A large flock have 

 been in the habit of coming to my window-sill 

 this winter, where they were assured of a good 

 meal of raw beef, which t cut up in small 

 pieces for them, making veiy agreeable winter 

 companions. 



16. Silta caroUHi'nsis aculeata (Cass.), Allen. 

 .Slender-billed Nuthatch. Connnon resident, 

 found up to 11,000 feet, breeds abundantly in 

 holes among the pines of grass lined with 

 feathers or hair, sometimes both, eggs white, 

 spotted with reddish-brown about the larger 

 end, the rest of the clutch were however as 

 usual. Xever have found over five to a set. 

 Breed here from last of May. 



17. SiMap!/gma:n,\\g.: Pygmy Nuthatch. A 

 very common resident up to 10,000 feet. Breeds 

 abundantly but the nest is hard to find. It 

 often associates with the preceding species in 

 winter when large flocks are to be found, busily 

 engaged in gleaning its food from every nook 

 and cranny of the pines, scrambling about 

 and hanging in every conceivable attitude. 

 While thus engaged they are very noisy and are 

 heard at a considerable distance, their voices, 

 altlidugh not loud, have a carrying quality, 

 which would make the nnitiated believe thai it 

 came from throats of much larger birds. Eggs 

 much like all of this family but small. 



18. Certhia familiaris rufa (Bartr.), Ridgw. 

 Brown Creeper. Abundant at times, but not 

 during the breeding season.^ .Ranges to tim- 

 ber line where it breeds abundantly. Nest in 

 holes, crevices and craimies, white, spotted with 

 reddish-brown. 



19. SalpinctPS nhsoli-lus (Say), Caban. Rock 

 Wren. Not at al' common. Nest in crevices of 

 rocks, constructed of most anything that is 

 handy. Ranges from the plains to 14,000 feet. 



20. Telmatodijtes palustris (Wils.), Baird. 

 Long-billed Marsh Wren. Rare. No speci- 

 mens taken. Undoubtedly breeds, but I have 

 not found its nest. 



21. Mnidtilta raria (Linn.), Vieill. Black and 



White Creeper. Rare. Only one seen feeding 

 al)out the truidi of a Cottonwood tree in front 

 of my window, where I watched it until it left. 



22. Dcmlnccn audobom (Towns.), Baird. Au- 

 dubon's Warbler. Not rare. Arrives the first 

 part of May and commences nest building dur- 

 ing the middle of the month. Placed in Juniper 

 bushes generally not over six feet from the 

 ground. Eggs four, white with blotches of 

 blueish-black. 



23. Dpii'lriiira yraccea (Coues). Grace's War- 

 bler. Not at all common, but breeds at 8, .500 

 feet in the .Juniper bushes. A set taken in May, 

 1887, was placed four feet from the ground, 

 contained four eggs, white with reddish spots, 

 very sparingly near and on the larger end. I 

 secured the female. Three days later, Mrs. 

 Morrison brought me a set of four from the 

 same locality with both birds, making the two 

 only sets taken here. Mr. Drew, I believe, also 

 found eggs, but his data was not where he 

 could get it to me in season for this paper. The 

 nests taken were placed in forked limbs and 

 somewhat resembled that of D. wstua on the 

 outside, but deeper inside. They were lined 

 with dried grass, cowhair, and a few feathers. 

 Not at all a remarkable nest does this bird build, 

 and one would expect a much handsomer one. 



24. Dendroeca nif/rescens (Towns.), Baird. 

 Black-throated Gray Warbler. Rare. Ranges 

 up to 9,500 feet and breeds. Have seen but few 

 specimens, and never found it breeding. Of its 

 nesting habits I am ignorant. 



25. Dendrirca touJiisendi (Niitt.), Baird. Town- 

 send's Warbler. Rare. Ranges up to 10,000 

 feet in the fall, but breeds much lower down, 

 probably much lower than Ft. Lewis, as I have 

 failed to find it. Have never seen It here In 

 spring. 



2(5. Gi'Othijprx macyiUivrnyi (.\ud.), Baird. 

 McGillivray's Warbler. One of our most com- 

 mon warblers. Although very shy, when the 

 nest is approached the female will glide oft', and 

 flying close to the ground is soon lost from - 

 sight, and also from the nest as long as the safe- 

 ty of the eggs will allow. When without see- 

 ing the bird, you will very likely find her on the 

 nest, where she has stolen perhaps the oulj' 

 moment your eyes were taken from her. Nests 

 in .Juniper bushes, four to six feet up. 



27. 3Ii/iu(lioctes pusiUiis (Wills.), Bp. Black- 

 capped Yellow Warbler. Tolerabl)- common 

 and breeds up to 12,000 feet. It is common at 

 Ft. Lewis, where it builds its nest in the cotton- 

 woods and willows that fringe the Rio la 

 Plata. Arrives first of May and leaves in Sep- 

 tember, with the bulk of our summer residents. 



