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Wolfe of Wray, an Associate of the American Ornithologists 1 Union, 

 belongs the credit of first reporting to the writer the occurrence of the 

 species within our borders, he having observed several during the two 

 previous years, and indeed it was partly for the purpose of securing a 

 specimen that the above trip was undertaken. Through the guidance of 

 Mr. Wolfe we were not long in locating three specimens within the town, 

 and soon discovered a nest in process of construction in the crotch of a 

 cottonwood tree on one of the main streets. An attempt was made to 

 shoot one of these, but as they were rather wild it was abandoned as 

 unsafe and the next day — May 21 — we tried the country in the vicinity 

 of Jackson Canon, with the result above mentioned. Several others were 

 seen within the Canon but on being approached took flight and left the 

 locality during our stay there. 



Mr. Wolfe informed me that he had previously found the species 

 breeding just over the State line in Nebraska. According to his observa- 

 tions they do not spend the winter at Wray. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Black-billed Cuckoo. — A single male 

 was taken in Jackson Canon May 21, thus adding one more to the meagre 

 records for the species in the State. Mr. Wolfe believes he has observed 

 it in the locality before. 



Guiraca ccerulea lazula. Western Blue Grosbeak. — Another 

 northern capture, a male at Jackson Canon May 21. At least one other 

 was seen in the same locality later in the day. Mr. Wolfe occasionally 

 meets with it, he tells me. 



Vireo bellii. Bell Vireo. — To the single male specimen taken by the 

 writer near Denver, June 12, 1903, and recorded in 'The Auk,' I can now 

 add three more — two taken by myself on May 18 and 20 respectively, 

 and one taken by Curator Ferril on May 21. Two of these proved to be 

 males, the third was undetermined. All were taken in the vicinity of 

 Wray, and several others were heard, both in Jackson Canon and at Olive 

 Creek. 



Helminthophila peregrina. Tennessee Warbler. — Shot two females 

 in the shrubbery of Jackson Canon, May 20 and 21 respectively. — 

 Horace G. Smith, Ass't. Curator, State Historical and Natural History 

 Society, Denver, Colorado. 



The Blue Jay at Yuma, Colorado. — Miss Jennie M. Patten, of Yuma, 

 Colo., writes that she saw a Blue Jay (Cyanoci/ta cristata) at Yuma, on 

 November 1, 1904, under such circumstances that there can be no possible 

 mistake as to its identity. She also reports that last year two were seen 

 in Yuma. I find no record of the species in Colorado, but Mr. Horace G. 

 Smith, of Denver, informs me that he took one at Wray, Colo., on May 

 21, 1904, of which he has recently sent a record for publication in ' The 

 Auk '. For the purpose of centralizing the records it might be well 

 to have this record in the same issue. — Junius Henderson, Boulder, 

 Colo. 



