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for this area known to the writer, a specimen observed by him on March 24. 

 1903, on the South Platte River a few miles above Masters, Weld County. 

 On the following day Mr. Adam Balmer, in company with the writer, shot 

 this same lone bird, and the identity was thereby rendered positive. 



172. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. — Winter resident. (Oct.- 

 April.) In migration, common; in winter, common locally. Scattered 

 flocks may be found during the winter about the large lakes and along the 

 Platte River. Beyond this area down the Platte they are at times abun- 

 dant, and it is to that section that the hunters of Denver so frequently 

 go in special quest of geese. Cooke records this species as breeding in 1897 

 at an altitude of 5500 feet, 5 miles west of Ni Wot, Boulder County, which 

 point is 7-8 miles west of this area. It seems probable from this record 

 that the species will some day be found as a breeder in this area. 



172a. Branta canadensis hutchinsi. Hutchin's Goose. — Migrant; 

 not uncommon. (?- April 10.) It seems as if this bird should be found 

 to be also a winter resident, but I have, to date, no record for this season. 



[172c. Branta canadensis minima. Cackling Goose. — Migrant; very 

 rare in adjoining area. (?-April 10.) Cooke records but one specimen 

 for Colorado, a bird winch was shot by Mr. John F. Campion at Loveland, 

 April 10, 1898, and is now in the collection of the State Historical and 

 Natural History Society. (Birds of Colo., p. 196.) 



180. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. — Migrant; not common. 

 (About Feb. 5-March 16; latter part of October-?.) Mr. Chas. Johnson 

 informs me that Luke Wallick shot a swan at Barr in the spring of 1907. 

 J. C. Miles informs me that he mounted it. C. A. Kendrick shot one at 

 La Salle in the latter part of October, 1906. These were both presumed 

 to be the Whistling Swan, but the writer saw neither of them. These swans 

 are never common, yet it is expected that each season a few will be seen and 

 one or more taken in or near tins area. 



181. Olor buccinator. Trumpeter Swan. — Migrant; rare. (Spring; 

 fall.) Cooke reports one that was shot adjacent to this area, near Fort 

 Collins, in the fall of 1896. (Birds of Colo., p. 59.) There is a mounted 

 specimen in the Colorado Museum of Natural History that was killed at 

 Eaton, Weld County. 



184. Guara alba. White Ibis. — Migrant; very rare. The only 

 Colorado record is reported from this area by H. G. Smith, who states that 

 one was shot at Barr Lake in 1890. (Nid., Ill, 1896, p. 65.) 



187. Plegadis guarauna. White-faced Glossy Ibis. — Migrant' rare. 

 (Latter part of March-?; ?-Oct. 3.) H. G. Smith mentions three from 

 Marston's Lake, near Denver. (Nid., Ill, 1896, p. 65.) Cooke speaks of 

 one in the Maxwell collection at Boulder, and another in W. G. Smith's 

 collection at Loveland. He also states that two specimens were shot at 

 Barr Lake, Oct. 3, 1898. (Birds of Colo., pp. 60, 177.) Two more records 

 may be added: Hugo Todenwarth received to mount a specimen that 

 was shot near Denver in the spring of 1904, the same being examined by 

 the writer; Adolph Siebolt says that in the latter part of March, 1903, 



