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creek and commenced climbing the rugged side of the mountain, every 

 now and then stopping to rest and listen for some bird-note to guide me. 

 I had been climbing for perhaps half an hour when, on tui-ning to look 

 back, I saw a small, thick-set bii-d, having the appearance of an Owl, flying 

 along the side of the mountain some distance below me. As the sun was 

 shining brightly I expected he would alight near by, but this he did not 

 seem at all inclined to do, but kept on until lost to sight around a pro- 

 jecting spur of the mountain. Following in his line of flight, I was soon 

 attracted by the chattering of some Mountain Chickadees, and on approach- 

 ing nearer I found his Owlship in the top of a small spruce with a number 

 of small birds about him. On shooting it, it proved to be of this species. 

 I was unable to tell the sex from dissection, but owing to its large size and 

 coloration I believe it to be a female. The nearest settlement which can 

 be calledljy the name of town, was Evergreen, three or four miles distant. 



Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. — In the 

 collection of the Denver High School is a specimen of this Heron which 

 is labelled Fort Collins, Colorado, May, 1S82. Sex J. 



Two more specimens — an adult and young bird — are in the possession 

 of a taxidermist of this city, who informs me that they were shot by a 

 ranchman a few miles from the city. They bear no label, but he believes 

 they were taken either in the year 1S82 or 1883. 



The fourth specimen was brought to me May 12, 1885, and was a full 

 plumaged male in good condition. It was also shot by a ranchman, about 

 twenty miles from Denv'er. 



Charadrius squatarola. Bl.'^ck-bellied Plover. — In the collection of 

 Mr. Anthony is a specimen of this bird, which he secured in the market 

 October 22, 1S85. The game-dealer said it was brought in but a few 

 minutes before he purchased it. It was a young male, very fat, and was 

 shot on a small lake near this city. 



Philohela minor. American Woodcock. — In a gun store in Denver, 

 Mr. Anthony found a mounted specimen of the Woodcock, which he 

 learned was shot on August 12, 1885. 



He also learned that a second specimen had been shot in the last week 

 of October of the same year. They were taken almost within the city 

 limits, and our informer stated that many others were seen, but as Gal- 

 linago delicata is also common in the locality, we prefer to think he con- 

 founded the two species. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus. Double-crested Cormorant. — About the 

 1st of November, 1885, one of our daily papers mentioned a bird called a 

 ' Surf Coot,' which was on exhibition at a certain restaurant in the citj*. 

 Mentioning the fact to Mr. Anthony, he started in qiiest of information, 

 only to learn that the bird had been sold to some unknown person. A 

 few days later, however, he stumbled upon the supposed ' Surf Coot,' in 

 the possession of an amateur collector, and on examination it resolved 

 itself into the Double-ci-ested Cormorant. We understand it was shot 

 about twenty miles from Denver. 



Larus argentatus smithsonianus. American Herring Gull. — A 



