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over the city during migration in good sized flocks; arrives late 

 in April or early in May; numerous till last of June; reappears in 

 large numbers early in September and stays until late in October. 

 Breeds in City Park. 



99. HesperipJiona vesvertina montana — Western Evening Gros- 

 beak. Rare visitor; seen at the corner of East Sixteenth Avenue 

 and Washington Street, January 11, 1901, and in Cheesman Park, 

 April 12 and 20, 1911. 



100. Corpodociis cassini — Cassin's Purple Pinch. Noted in Chees- 

 man Park, February 29, 1912. 



101. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis — House Finch. Our char- 

 acteristic native city bird; resident and abundant. Breeds from 

 early in April to early In August. 



102. Loxia curvirostra minor — Crossbill. Irregular winter vis- 

 itor; City Park, November 9, 1898, and March 9, 20, and 28, 1899; 

 Cheesman Park, December 6, 1913, and October 19, 1914. 



103. Acanthis linaria linaria — Lesser Redpoll. Rare winter vis- 

 itor; University Park, February 18, 1897, and Cheesman Park, De- 

 cember 24, 1916, and March 13 and 31, 1917. 



104. Astragalinus tristis palUdus — Pale Goldfinch. City Park, 

 May 14, 1914. 



105. Astragalinus psa^tria psaltria — Arkansas Goldfinch. Fre- 

 quent summer resident in all the parks. Arrives late in March 

 and remains until October. Breeds, building late, beginning nest- 

 ing about August 1. 



106. Spinus pinus — Pine Siskin. Common summer resident; often 

 throughout the whole year. Bulk arrive early in March, and many 

 linger till June. Starts nesting about the middle of March. Eggs 

 sometimes found by April 7. Majority disappear in June, proba- 

 bly going to higher altitudes to nest a second time. 



107. Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis — Snow Bunting. Cooke. 



108. Passer domesticus — English Sparrow. Ubiquitous. Breeds 

 from March to October. First seen in Denver, by the writer, at 

 the Union depot, in June, 1894. 



109. Calcariais lapponicns alascensis — Alaska Longspur. One 

 taken at University Park, February 18, 1895. 



110. Calcarius ornatus — Chestnut-collar Longspur. One seen in 

 Montclair, June 14, 1914. 



111. Pooecetes gramineus confinis — Western Vesper Sparrow. In- 

 frequent visitor in City Park and Washington Park, April and Sep- 

 tember; more frequent in outskirts. Breeds. 



112. Passerculus sandwichcnsis alaudinus — Western Savannah 

 Sparrow. Taken at University Park, October 1, 1896, and July 1, 

 1897. 



