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Salida (7038 feet), in Chaffee County, where ten were observed, seven being 

 in one flock, and from an east and west line through that point northward 

 nearly across the State. The most of these, aside from the ten at Salida, 

 are from Denver and vicinity northward. The flock of seven at Salida 

 was observed and reported by Mr. B. G. Voigt, deceased, and the other 

 three were received by him to mount, one of them having been taken in 

 the month of September. Not known to breed in Colorado. 



[198. Dichromanassa rufescens. Reddish Egret. — Migrant; very 

 rare in near-by area. Mr. Cooke's second record for Colorado was reported 

 by E. L. Berthoud, "who shot one near Golden about eight years ago" 

 (1890). (Birds of Colo., p. 157.)] 



202. Nycticorax nycticorax nseviua. Black-crowned Night Heron. — 

 Summer resident. (March 31, or April 1-Dec. 20-24.) In summer, 

 abundant locally; in migration, abundant. H. G. Smith reports a bird 

 uninjured and in good condition as having been shot from a tree between 

 December 20 and 24, 1902, near Fort Lupton, Weld County, by T. L. 

 Monson. (Auk, NXV, 1908, p. 185.) Though this is a winter date, it 

 does not seem probable that this species, owing to its particular habits, 

 will ever be found here as a resident all through the winter. Breeds 

 abundantly along the Barr Lake Chain in low trees, on masses of bent-over 

 cattails and rushes, and on the ground. Flocks of from twenty-five to two 

 hundred may be seen all during the summer along this Chain. 



[203. Nyctanassa violacea. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. — Mi- 

 grant, very rare to the State, the only record noted by Cooke being a speci- 

 men in the Maxwell collection at Boulder. (Birds of Colo., p. 62.)] 



[204. Grus americana. Whooping Crane. — Migrant; rare in adjoin- 

 ing areas. (First half of April-?.) Cooke mentions one noted by W. G. 

 Smith at Loveland, and one in the museum of the State Agricultural Col- 

 lege at Fort Collins. (Birds of Colo., p. 62.)] 



[205. Grus canadensis. Little Brown Crane. — Migrant; rare in 

 near-by areas. (March-?.) Cooke mentions a specimen as being in the 

 museum of the State Agricultural College at Fort Collins, and also a speci- 

 men mounted by A. T. Allen that was shot several years prior to 1900. 

 (Birds of Colo., pp. 62, 198.) There is a mounted specimen in the State 

 Historical and Natural History Society that was shot by A. T. Allen at 

 Boulder, in March, 1901.] 



206. Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. — Migrant; uncommon (April 

 1-?; Oct. 10-about Oct. 25.) C. A. Kendrick states that about Oct. 25, 

 1908, he shot one at La Salle, Weld County. He also says that they see, 

 at their club lakes at La Salle, about one flock during each year. On 

 April 1, 1904, the writer saw what he took to be a flock of five of this 

 species at the Barr Lake Chain. 



212. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. — Summer resident, or 

 resident. In summer, common; in migration, more common. I mention 

 it as a possible winter resident wholly on the strength of a statement to 

 me by Mr. Fred Granville that he shot one of this species at Ralf house 



