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Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Not uncommon in northwestern 

 Colorado, at least during migration. Noted as follows: Meeker, early 

 August, 1905; Dixon, Wyoming, August 22, 1906; Snake River, 20 miles 

 west of Baggs Crossing, August 22 to 27, 1906; 7 miles west of Rifle, August 

 14, 1907; Edwards Sheep Camp, east of Sunny Peak, Routt County, 

 August 28, 1906. This last is the most western record in Colorado. 



Aphelocoma woodhousei. Woodhouse Jay. — Troops of Woodhouse 

 Jays were often encountered in the dense growth of cedars (Juniperus 

 monosperma) near Gaume's Ranch, in extreme northwestern Baca County, 

 November 26 to 29, 1907, and it seems likely that they winter in that 

 region. This is the most eastern Colorado record. 



Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus. Pinon Jay. — Tolerably common in 

 the rough cedar country of northwestern Baca County, November 26 to 

 29, 1907. Not known to breed, and probably present only as a winter 

 resident. 



Astragalinus psaltria. Arkansas Goldfinch. — North in western Colo- 

 rado to Meeker and Steamboat Springs, at which localities it was common 

 early in August, 1905. 



Junco aikeni. White-winged Junco. — Although the commonest 

 junco in the mountains in winter, aikeni has not been found in Colorado, 

 heretofore, in the breeding season. During the first few days of June, 1905, 

 I saw several of these juncos in the foothills a few miles west of Boulder, 

 at altitudes varying from 6000 to 7000 feet. On June 11, Mr. Walter 

 Blanchard of Boulder showed me a nest containing young, from which the 

 female was flushed and satisfactorily identified, though unfortunately not 

 secured. This was in the upper part of the yellow pine belt a mile north- 

 east of Magnolia, at an elevation of approximately 7000 feet. 



In fall migration aikeni extends eastward in the rough cedar country of 

 southeastern Colorado nearly to the Kansas line, a large flock being seen 

 November 27, 1907, at Gaume's Ranch, in Shell Rock Canon, northwestern 

 Baca County. 



Junco hyemalis montanus. Montana Junco. — In Colorado this is one 

 of the most widely distributed juncos in winter. An extreme eastern rec- 

 ord is Gaume's Ranch, northwestern Baca County, where several were 

 seen and one collected on November 27, 1907. 



Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. — One taken October 23, 1907, 

 on the Medano Springs Ranch, in the San Luis Valley, 15 miles northeast 

 of Mosca, is the first record west of the mountains, and the second time the 

 Swamp Sparrow has been found in the State. The specimen was caught in 

 a trap set for mice on the edge of a tule marsh. 



Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus. Canon Towhee. — Occurs commonly in 

 Upper Sonoran zone in all of the region lying south of the Arkansas River 

 and east of the Sangre de Cristo Range, except on the treeless plains of 

 southern Prowers and eastern Baca counties. Very abundant in Shell 

 Rock Canon, northwestern Baca County, November 26 to 29, 1907, two 

 specimens being collected at Gaume 's Ranch; also noted at Caddoa Station, 



