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day, both singly or in small parties of three or four, associated with warblers 

 and other species common in the locality. Specimens were examined by 

 members of the Biological Survey. 



Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — The experience of Curator Ferril and the 

 writer would indicate that the Bluebird is not uncommon in eastern Colo- 

 rado, from the northern boundary of the State to as far south at least as 

 the Arkansas River. It was observed by Mr. Ferril at Julesburg, Sedgwick 

 Co., May 21, 1907; it also has been seen by Mr. W. E. Wolfe and the writer 

 at Wray, Yuma Co. , in May. Mr. Ferril took two males and saw one other 

 at lut Carson, Cheyenne Co., May 26, 1907. The writer found it breeding 

 at HoUy, Prowers Co., May 22, and took a pair at Prowers, Bent Co., May 

 25, 1907. The writer observed it at Denver years ago and there is a female 

 in the collection taken by the Curator at Arvada, Jefferson Co., May 27, 

 1902. 



A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE BIRDS OF SHANNON 

 AND CARTER COUNTIES, MISSOURI. 



BY E. SEYMOUR WOODRUFF. 



The following list of birds is the result of daily observations by 

 the writer, made for the most part in the early morning hours, during 

 a three months' stay in the Ozark Mountains of Shannon and Car- 

 ter Counties, jNIissouri, from March 7 to June 8, 1907. 



This interesting section of southern ^Missouri has hitherto been 

 almost completely neglected by ornithologists. It accordingly is 

 deemed advisable to publish a list of the birds observed during this 

 visit, notwithstanding its brevity and the limited opportunity avail- 

 able to me for field work, especially in view of the several interesting 

 records made there. A few of the more interesting 'finds' were 

 recorded by the writer in 'The Auk,' Vol. XXIV, pp. 348, 349, July, 

 1907, and reference to a number of others is made in Mr. Otto 

 Widmann's excellent work on the birds of ]Missouri, which has 

 recently appeared.^ 



Because of my short stay and the consequently restricted area 



1 A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri, by Otto Widmann. Trans. 

 Acad. Sci. of St. Louis, Vol. XVII, No. I, pp. 1-288. Issued Nov. 16, 1907. 



