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Beckham on Birds observed at Pueblo. Colorado. [April 



I expected (see Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1SS5, pp. 625-628), had a fully devel- 

 oped red crown-patch. 



112. Turdus aonalaschkse auduboni. Three representatives of this 

 species were collected. October 5, 6. and 15. No others were seen. 



Additional Notes on Species mentioned in the former fafcr. 



Rallus virginianus. Only one individual seen — in a marsh, November 3. 



yEgialitis vocifera. Rather uncommon, 



Falco sparverius. But three or four were seen. 



Colaptes cafer. Common. 



Dryobates pubescens gairdneri. Not common. 



Otocoris alpestris arenicola. Very abundant. In my former paper on 

 the birds of Pueblo, the Shore Lark found here was provisionally referred 

 to the form lcucolo?ma, but upon a re-examination of the skins collected, 

 the bird turns out to be arenicola. 



Pica pica hudsonica. Abundant. 



Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha. A single individual was seen on Octo- 

 ber 6. They were reported to be very abundant at this time in the Green 

 horn Mountains, thirty miles from Pueblo. 



Agelaius phceniceus. Common up to the date of my departure. 



Sturnella neglecta. Only four or five of these birds were noted during 

 my stay. 



Icterus bullocki. On October 24, long after the time when nearly all of 

 the summer residents had migrated. I shot one of these birds in a dense 

 thicket of willow bushes. It was a young female in very dark, soiled plu- 

 mage, and quite immature, but apparently able to fly very well. It was in 

 company with another which I tailed to secure. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Ten or a dozen seen about a slaughter 

 house near town. 



Carpodacus frontalis. Not as abundant as in 1SS3. 



Spinus tristis. Very abundant. 



Spinus psaltria. Abundant. Generally seen in pairs. All of those I 

 shot were young birds, and several of the males had almost attained the 

 full -spring plumage.' 



Spinus pinus. Not seen until October 31, when several small flocks 

 were observed. 



Zonotrichia intermedia. Exceedingly abundant. Barely one-fourth of 

 the males collected had attained the white crown; all of them, both males 

 and females, were birds of the year. They sang a good deal in that sput- 

 tering sort of a way familiar to all who have studied the habits of Z. 

 albicollis and other Sparrows in the fall. This 'practising' song proceeds, 

 I am sure, from young birds just beginning to exercise their vocal powers, 

 and is doubtless quite disconnected with any sexual excitation. The call- 

 note of this Sparrow is very similar to that of Z. albicollis. 



Spizella socialis arizonae. Common in small flocks during the first half 

 of the month ; but few were seen towards the last. 



