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were presumed to be located, but owing to stress of other matters, time 

 was not taken to search carefully for them. The females were not often 

 seen and were dovibtless incubating. Also heard in the fields near Boyes's 

 ranch some ten or twelve miles south of Wray. 



Piranga erythromelas. Scarlet Tanager. — An adult male was taken 

 by Mr. W. G. Ferril at Palmer Lake, Colo., May 17, 1902, and was mounted 

 by the writer. A second specimen, also an adult male, was taken at Pueblo, 

 Colo., May 20, 1904, by Mr. B. G. Voight, who kindly donated it to the 

 State Museum. 



Vireo olivaceus. Red-eyed Vireo. — Two additional captures of tliis 

 species may be given, the first a male, taken by Mr. L. C. Bragg at Boulder, 

 Colo., May 30, 1904, and afterward kindly donated to the society. The 

 second, also a male, was taken by Mr. W. C. Ferril at Wray, Yuma Co., 

 May 26, 190G. 



Lanivireo solitarius cassini. Cassin Vireo. — This species was first 

 definitely recorded for Colorado in the 'Nidologist,' Vol. Ill, p. 76, a 

 female ha^^ng been taken by myself at Aurora, near Denver, May 13, 

 1888. Tliis, however, was not the first specimen taken by the writer, as a 

 recent examination of the vireos in my collection, now the property of the 

 State Historical Society, disclosed two others which, being fall specimens 

 and in obscure plumage, were previously overlooked. The first, a male, 

 was taken on the Platte River near Denver, Sept. 16, 1884; the other (sex?) 

 Sept. 9, 1887, near Creswell, Jefferson Co., Colo. Both were recently 

 identified by Mr. H. C. Oberholser. 



Vireo bellii. Bell's Vireo. — Since the records of specimens given in 

 'The Auk' (Jan., 1905, p. 82), taken near Wray, Yuma Co., in 1904, the 

 writer has had further experience with this species, ha\dng again found it 

 common, locally, around Wray in 1905 and 1906, specimens being taken as 

 late as June 15 in the latter year. Also common on Dry Willow Creek, 

 in the southeastern part of the county, wliere two males were taken June 

 9 and 1 1 respectively. 



August 31, 1905, a family was seen at Julesburg, Sedgwick Co., one of 

 wliich was taken. From May 22 to 25, 1907, they were quite common 

 at Holly, Prowers Co., where the writer took a male on the 22d and a 

 female the following day. The species was in full song and one of the 

 most characteristic vocalists of the willow tliickets. 



Vireo vicinior. Gray Vireo. — May 16 to 27, inclusive, 1907, the 

 writer made collections in the Arkansas Valley between Manzanola, Otero 

 Co., and Holly, near the State line in Prowers Co. May 16 to 20, inclusive, 

 was spent at Lamar, at wliich place four specimens of this southern species 

 were taken, which prove to be the first records for the State. The first 

 male was taken May 16, one female on the 18th, and the other two, a pair, 

 on the 20th. AH were shot within a few yards of the same spot — used as 

 a general dump ground — in a small grove on the Arkansas River north 

 of town. Possibly the greater abundance of insects in this locality was the 

 attraction for them. Special search at the other places visited, namely: 



