144 Wareen, Bird Notes fro^n Chaffee Co., Col. [^f^ 



studied but little. Lake County, which joins Chaffee on the north, 

 and within whose boundaries the main headwaters of the Arkansas 

 take their rise, is entirely above 9,000 feet altitude, and would make 

 an excellent well-defined area in which to study the life at the higher 

 elevations, and it is to be hoped that some day some naturalist or 

 student may be located in that county who can and will give it the 

 study which it should have. 



Frey's work was practically all done within a radius of from 2 to 

 3 miles from the town, in the open valley, among the first foothills, 

 and along the South Arkansas. Outside of his work, and the trifle 

 I have done myself, I know of no other done in the county, except 

 a few notes by D. D. Stone, published in the 'Ornithologist and 

 Oologist' in 1882, 1883, and 1884, and made about Hancock in the 

 northwest part of the county. These, however, I have not seen 

 myself. In this respect Chaffee County is like most of Colorado, 

 a small portion of which, from Pueblo north to Denver, and thence 

 northward to Boulder and Fort Collins, has been quite well worked, 

 in some localities very thoroughly so, while the rest of the great area 

 of the State has, to use a prospector's phrase, hardly been scratched. 

 And thus it is with Chaffee County. . 



1. Xema sabini. Sabine's Gull. — Two were taken near Salida, 

 Sept. 26, 1908, one of which, an immature female, is now in the collection 

 of Colorado College. This is quite a rare bird in Colorado, but a few records 

 are added from year to year. 



2. Pelecanus er3rthrorhynchos. White Pelican. — Three were seen 

 April 25, 1909, by Arthur Haley, on the Arkansas River not far from 

 Salida, and one was killed near the same place in the spring of 1908 and 

 mounted by Frey. 



3. Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard. — One of the common ducks, but 

 does not breed near Salida, and is seldom seen except in spring and fall. 

 In 1908 made their first appearance March 27. 



4. Chaulelasmus streperus. Gadwall. — The above remarks as to the 

 Mallard apply equally well to this species. First noted in 1908 April 3. 



5. Nettion carolinensis. Green-winged Teal. — One of the common 

 ducks ; a few have been reported to Frey as breeding on the little Arkansas 

 a few miles above Salida. First arrivals in 1908, March 27, and in 1909, 

 February 11. 



6. Querquedula discors. Blue-winged Teal. — Not common ; Frey 

 states that but few of this species come to tliis locality. First appearance 

 in 1908, March 27. 



7. Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. — Common in migration. 

 First arrival for the year March 27, 1908. 



