Auk 
298 General Notes. July 
Seven New Birds for Colorado.— Gavia arctica. BLACK-THROATED 
Loon. — Three small Loons were observed on Prospect Lake in the 
suburbs of Colorado Springs in November, 1898, and all were shot by a 
local gunner. One which I subsequently examined proved to be of this 
species. LIalso examined in 1883 a specimen killed, I think, the previous 
fall near Colorado Springs. Colorado is within the probable winter range 
of the species and it may be a regular visitant. 
Ardea egretta. AMERICAN EGRET.— On May 12, Mr. A. Gruber and 
Mr. F. Cikauck, taxidermists in my employ, reported seeing.a single 
bird in a tall cottonwood tree five miles south of Colorado Springs. As 
they are familiar with this species, as well as with the more common 
A. candidissima, there appears no reason to doubt their identification. 
Syrnium nebulosum.— BARRED OwL. In March, 1897, Mr. B. G. 
Voight found a pair of these Owls breeding near Holyoke, in the north- 
eastern corner of the State. Two eggs somewhat incubated and one 
of the birds were secured. 
Astragalinus tristis pallidus. WrsTERN GoLDFINCH.—This paler 
Western Goldfinch occurs in Colorado as well as the typical eastern 
form, to which all have heretofore been referred. 
Iam not able at present to define their relative range or abundance 
with certainty. Pad/¢dus is an early spring migrant along the eastern 
base of the mountains and quite likely may be the alpine breeder. 
Tristis probably is a summer visitant from the southeast, occupying the 
plains to the base of the mountains. I have obtained both forms at 
Colorado Springs, and ¢rzst7s one hundred miles eastward. Examples 
of both forms which I recently sent to the American Museum of Natural 
History, have been kindly identified by Mr. Chapman with the concur- 
rence of Dr. Allen. 
Geothlypis agilis. CoNNECTICUT WARBLER.—On May 24, 1899, I 
shot a male in aclump of willows bordering a water hole at Lake, Lin- 
coln County, about eighty miles northeast of Colorado Springs. This 
unexpected capture adds an interesting eastern bird to the fauna of 
Colorado, and extends the known range of the species several hundred 
miles to the westward. 
Geothlypis trichas. MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT.—The Yellow- 
throats of Colorado exhibit a great range of variation. The majority are 
clearly occ#dentalis but among the later arrivals are some that are nearer 
typical ¢richas. A male collected at Colorado Springs May 31, 1898, 
which I submitted to Mr. Ridgway he refers to this form. 
Wilsonia canadensis. CANADIAN WARBLER.— The range of this 
species is extended westward nearly to the Rocky Mountain Range by 
my capture of a male at Lake, Lincoln County, May 23, 1899.—CHARLES 
E. A1KEN, Colorado Springs, Col. 
Bird Notes from Sao Paulo, Brazil.— Mr. Adolph Hempel, assistant 
curator of the Museu Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil, a young American 
