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Also introduced successfully at Mancos, and spreading to quite an extent 

 in Montezuma County. One was seen among the pifions two miles south 

 of Dolores, June 25, 1907, by Mr. Ress Philips of the U. S. Forest Service. 



Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. Lesser Prairie Hen. — The few Prairie 

 Chickens reported in the sandhills of southeastern Baca County, between 

 Springfield and the Cimarron River, should be pallidicinctus. Unfortu- 

 nately, while in this region in November, 1907, I was unable to secure 

 specimens. 



Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus. Columbian Sharp-tailed 

 Grouse. — A specimen of columbianus taken near Hahn's Peak in August, 

 1906, proves quite conclusively the identity of the Sharp-tailed Grouse of 

 northwestern Colorado, and suggests also the probability that all the 

 grouse west of the Continental Divide are tins form rather than campestris. 

 These grouse were tolerably common in the sage parks between Hahn's 

 Peak and Slater, in both Canadian and Transition zones. Several family 

 parties were encountered, the young being nearly two-thirds grown on 

 August 15. 



In 1907, Sharp-tailed Grouse were reported tolerably common on both 

 the northern and southern slopes of the San Miguel Mountains, and in the 

 Lone Mesa region of Dolores County, chiefly above the piiion belt. I 

 flushed one at 9000 feet in the open, park-like country three miles southeast 

 of Lone Mesa, June 27, and another in the oak country eight miles south 

 of Norwood, San Miguel County, July 27. On the slopes of Lone Cone the 

 breeding range is in the partially open oak and aspen country between 

 8000 and 9500 feet. According to Mr. C. H. Smith of Coventry, it is only 

 during the severest winter months that Sharp-tailed Grouse occur as low 

 as 6500 feet. These grouse were also reported the same year from the 

 upper part of the yellow pine belt near Pagosa Springs, and a very few 

 from the scattered sage parks lying between the McElmo Canon, Monte- 

 zuma County, and the Abajo Mountains, Utah. 



The known southwestern range of columbianus is thus considerably 

 extended. 



Otus flammeola. Flammulated Screech Owl. — A mounted speci- 

 men of tins rare little owl was seen in a taxidermist's establishment at 

 Glenwood Springs in August, 1905, but its source could not be ascertained. 



Geococcyx californianus. Road-runner. — Abundant in the cedar 

 country of northwestern Baca County, a male specimen being collected 

 at Gaume's Ranch in November, 1907. The northeastern limit of range 

 is at the Rhinehart Stage Station, 22 miles south of Lamar on the Lamar- 

 Springfield stage line, at winch point Road-runners are said to be seen 

 occasionally. 



Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. — Henderson men- 

 tions the occurrence of tins species at Pawnee Buttes, in northeastern Weld 

 County, which is the most northeastern record for Colorado. I have, 

 however, found it in abundance at Sheep Mountain, Big Bad Lands, South 

 Dakota, September 2, 1905, apparently at the limit of its dispersion to the 

 northeast. 



